Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Tom Landry (American Sportsperson)

Thomas Wade “Tom” Landry (1924–2000) was an American football player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football League history, creating many new formations and methods. He invented the now popular 4–3 defense, and the “flex defense” system made famous by the “Doomsday Defense” squads he created during his 29-year tenure with the Dallas Cowboys. His 29 consecutive years as the coach of one team are an NFL record, along with his 20 consecutive winning seasons.

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When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.
Tom Landry
Topics: Competition

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
Topics: Goal, Planning

If you are prepared, you will be confident, and will do the job.
Tom Landry
Topics: Planning, Preparation

A team that has character doesn’t need stimulation.
Tom Landry
Topics: Motivation

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.
Tom Landry
Topics: Competition

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
Tom Landry
Topics: Leadership

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
Topics: Teamwork, Teams

I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.
Tom Landry
Topics: Defeat

A winner never stops trying.
Tom Landry
Topics: Winning, Trying, Effort, Winners

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
Topics: Leadership, Leaders

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