Yardsticks Quotes by Tom Landry

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…

— Tom Landry

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

— Tom Landry

The secret to winning is constant, consistent management.

— Tom Landry

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

— Tom Landry

A winner never stops trying.

— Tom Landry

I like the South because it is so much warmer on the sidelines than it is up North.

— Tom Landry

Coaching is making men do what they don't want, so they can become what they want to be

— Tom Landry

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

— Tom Landry

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

— Tom Landry

A champion is simply someone who did not give up when he wanted to.

— Tom Landry

I'd rather have a second-best decision diligently pursued than a first-best decision lackadaisically pursued.

— Tom Landry

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

— Tom Landry