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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.

Bill Parcells

We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Motivational Solitaire Sports
Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Define Great Less World
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking
It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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Anyway Attitude Better Weak
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
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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Ability Confidence Insightful Like Something You
I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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Enough Player Potential Team Want
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Affected Mean Way
Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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Team Way Winning
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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Better Gratification Happened Quarterly Reports
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
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
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
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
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Game Inspiring Football Trying
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

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