Tom Landry
Tom Landry
Thomas Wade "Tom" Landrywas an American football player and coach. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in National Football Leaguehistory, 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 September 1924
CityMission, TX
CountryUnited States of America
Tom Landry quotes about
A team that has character doesn't need stimulation.
Right after the game, say as little as possible.
First become a winner in life. Then it's easier to become a winner on the field.
Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.
Football is to Texas what religion is to a priest.
The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don't want to do, in order to achieve what they've always wanted to be.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.
A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
Plastic Man, ... Actually, no man at all.
I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.
I like the South because it is so much warmer on the sidelines than it is up North.
...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.
I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.