Bill Parcells Quotes
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.
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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed.
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When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.
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I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.
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I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
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I have always felt like you really don't have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
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Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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I'm a little superstitious.
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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.
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Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
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I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
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Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.
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Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through.
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Part of buying the groceries is having a philosophy and trying to stick to it as best you can, knowing that occasionally you may make an exception. But, you do so knowing you're attempting to do it for a certain reason and you have to be very careful not to try to make too many exceptions, because then you wind up as a franchise with a team full of exceptions, which is not what you want.
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What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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It's a very easy thing to say, 'Go get a backup quarterback.' Now tell me where to get them. You just can't dial them up.
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My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
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I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.
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