You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
BILL PARCELLSI’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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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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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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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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You are what your record says you are.
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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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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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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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