You lose with potential. You win with performance.
BILL PARCELLSIt’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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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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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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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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.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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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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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.
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Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You’re trying to put in the right ingredients.
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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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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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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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