Tom Landry Quotes



"A winner never stops trying."

"Today, you have 100% of your life left."

"Right after the game, say as little as possible."

"The secret to winning is constant, consistent management."

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

"I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat."

"Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable."

“First become a winner In life. Then it's easier to become a winner on the field.”

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

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

"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."

"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."

"A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be."

"...even after you've just won the Super Bowl -- especially after you've just won the Super Bowl -- there's always next year. If "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing," then "the only thing" is nothing -- emptiness, the nightmare of life without ultimate meaning."


Compiled by Thomas George
editor@Wisdom-of-the-Wise.com