Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
BILL PARCELLSI’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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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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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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.
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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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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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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It’s a very easy thing to say, ‘Go get a backup quarterback.’ Now tell me where to get them. You just can’t dial them up.
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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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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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