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Never let the world define you as less than Great.

Bill Parcells

I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
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Coaches Ems Little Player Tantrums Temper
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Criticism Hurt Player
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
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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Dumb Make Play Stupid Word
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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Coaching Player Think Thinking
Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Hands Past People
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
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Better Gratification Happened Quarterly Reports
Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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Judgment Motivational Sports
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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Expected Grew People Toes
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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Games Holes Running

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