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There is only a half step difference between the champions and those who finish on the bottom. And much of that half step is mental.
Tom Landry
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Tom Landry
Age: 75 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 11
Died: 2000
Died: February 12
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Thomas Wade Landry
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