It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
BILL PARCELLSI 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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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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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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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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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I have always felt like you really don’t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
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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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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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You are what your record says you are.
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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