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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.

Bill Parcells

What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Hands Past People
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Define Great Less World
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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Faults Player Something Trust Wrong
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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Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Affected Mean Way
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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Dinner Groceries Want
I’m not really in the excuse business.
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Excuse Football Game Inspiring
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
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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Dumb Make Play Stupid Word
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Healthy Large Life
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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Games Sports Winning

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