Tom Landry

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

Tom Landry

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

Tom Landry

As a Christian, I know my life is in God’s hands. He has a plan for me. Therefore, I never worry about tomorrow or never worry about winning or losing football games. That knowledge gives me a lot of composure in tough situations.

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

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

Tom Landry

Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest.

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

I just didn’t want to leave the Cowboys when they were down. I at least wanted them to get into a respectable position before anyone else took over.

Tom Landry

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

Tom Landry

I learned early in sports that to be effective – for a player to play the best he can play – is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

Tom Landry