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There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental.
— Tom Landry
The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don't want to do, in order to achieve what they've always wanted to be.
— Tom Landry
To live a disciplined life, and to accept the result of that discipline as the will of God - that is the mark of a man.
— Tom Landry
I just didn't want to leave the Cowboys when they were down. I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.
— Tom Landry
Confidence comes from knowing what you're doing. If you are prepared for something, you usually do it. If not, you usually fall flat on your face.
— Tom Landry
In my opinion, character is the most important determinant of a person's success, achievement and ability to handle adversity.
— Tom Landry
If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.
— Tom Landry
Really, coaching is simplicity. It's getting players to play better than they think that they can.
— Tom Landry
When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.
— Bill Parcells
Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest.
— Tom Landry
A team that has character doesn't need stimulation.
— Tom Landry
Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be
— Tom Landry
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
— Tom Landry
Right after the game, say as little as possible.
— Tom Landry
I wouldn't think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys' blue.
— Tom Landry
Tom Landry is a perfectionist. If he was married to Raquel Welch, he'd expect her to cook.
— Don Meredith
I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.
— Tom Landry
Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.
— Tom Landry
When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
— Tom Landry
A winner never stops trying.
— Tom Landry