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.
BILL PARCELLSConfidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
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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I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.
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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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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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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 see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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You are what your record says you are.
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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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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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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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