I’m not really in the excuse business.
BILL PARCELLSAccept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.
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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
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The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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