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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy

Bill Parcells

Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
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
I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Motivational Sports Worry
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
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
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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Faults Player Something Trust Wrong
I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Looks Problem Variables
Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Enough Good Letting
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
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
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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Best Effort Job Possibly
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Dwell Media Negativity
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Confrontation Nowadays Wells
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices

Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy

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