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I’m not really in the excuse business.

Bill Parcells

A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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Adversity Basketball Team
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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Coaching Player Think Thinking
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
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Game Inspiring Football Trying
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean
I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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Motivational Needs Sports
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Baby Effectiveness Pain
It’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.
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Backup Easy Quarterback
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
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
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Coaching Different Game InterAction Player
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
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Affected Mean Way

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