Top 27 Quotes by Tom Landry

About Tom Landry

These are some quotes by American author Tom Landry Coach, who lived between September 11, 1924 and February 12, 2000.

Achievement builds character.

Achievement builds character.

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.

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.

Right after the game, say as little as possible.

Tom Landry

People say you have to know when to retire, which is a dumb thing to say. If you want to go out on top, yeah, it becomes important when you quit. But I wasn't afraid of that. And I wasn't worried about getting fired. I knew the risk. To me, it's not an ego thing. I enjoy coaching. I enjoy helping people achieve something.

Tom Landry

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

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

Tom Landry

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

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

Tom Landry

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.

Tom Landry

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