If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
BILL PARCELLSYou get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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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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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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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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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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In the end, I’ve found, people like the direct approach. It’s much more valuable to them to have a leader who’s absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles.
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