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My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.

Bill Parcells

Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You’re trying to put in the right ingredients.
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Motivational Sports Together Trying
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 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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Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
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
Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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Judgment Motivational Sports
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
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
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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Circles Leader People
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
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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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
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
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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Giving Merited Overlooked Player Roles
The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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Indiscriminate Motivational Quarterback Sports
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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Believe Long Relationship Years

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