The Best Tom Landry quotes

A team that has character doesn’t need stimulation. — 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

Achievement builds character. — Tom Landry

People striving, being knocked down and coming back… this is what builds character in a man. — Tom Landry

In my opinion, character is the most important determinant of a person’s success, achievement and ability to handle adversity. — Tom Landry

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out. — Tom Landry

Today, you have 100% of your life left. — Tom Landry

Being the best at whatever talent you have, that’s what stimulates life. — Tom Landry

I know that life is really finding the right relationship between yourself and God. — Tom Landry

The quality of a man’s life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence. — Tom Landry

If you don’t believe in winning, you don’t believe in free enterprise, capitalism, our way of life. — Tom Landry

First become a winner in life. Then it’s easier to become a winner on the field. — Tom Landry

Every coach has his own style of play, but when you spend your whole life as a Cowboy, you have to be influenced by what we did. — 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

Generally, achieving goals… which in many cases means winning… is really the ultimate in this life we live in. — Tom Landry

If you eliminate our way of life, the American way of life, what is the effect… what are the alternatives? — Tom Landry

There are coaches to whom winning or losing means something close to life or death. If they lose, then their life has somehow been diminished. I’m not that way, and it keeps me steady. — Tom Landry

Right after the game, say as little as possible. — Tom Landry

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it’s so incredible, it’s unbelievable. — Tom Landry

When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. — Tom Landry

I probably should have gotten out, but I really enjoyed the challenge of bringing a team to that game. In fact, I probably enjoy the challenge of it more than the actual game. — Tom Landry

I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game. — Tom Landry

If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you’ll be ineffective. If you’re disciplined enough, you don’t get down when you’re behind, and you have a chance to create something positive. — Tom Landry

I wouldn’t think I would coach again, because it would just be hard not being in the Cowboys’ blue. — Tom Landry

If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation. — 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

I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat. — Tom Landry

Really, coaching is simplicity. It’s getting players to play better than they think that they can. — Tom Landry