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.
BILL PARCELLSI’m not really in the excuse business.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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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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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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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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