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.
BILL PARCELLSWhy would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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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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If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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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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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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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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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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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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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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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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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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