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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.

Bill Parcells

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
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
BILL PARCELLS

Football Thinking
All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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Games Holes Running
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Criticism Hurt Player
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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Best Effort Job Possibly
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Confrontation Nowadays Wells
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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Circles Leader People
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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Coaches Thinking Wolves
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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Enough Player Potential Team Want
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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Game Inspiring Football Thinking
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.
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Motivational Perception Sports Team
Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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Judgment Motivational Sports
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 was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
I’m not really in the excuse business.
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Excuse Football Game Inspiring

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