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.
BILL PARCELLSWhy would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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 lose with potential. You win with performance.
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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Confidence 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.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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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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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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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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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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