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.

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.

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

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

If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.

If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.

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.

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

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

Leadership is a matter of having people look at you and gain confidence, seeing how you react. If you're in control, they're in control.

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.

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

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

When a big play occurs for our team, I'm concentrating on how the defense is reacting to it. Most of the time, I don't see the great catch or the long run. What I'm looking at is how the other team defended it.

Tom Landry

Right after the game, say as little as possible.

Right after the game, say as little as possible.

Tom Landry

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