I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
BILL PARCELLSIt’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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You are what your record says you are.
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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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Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That’s pretty narrow… I don’t view myself as a person who’s well-versed in very many subjects. I’m not proud of that.
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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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