Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
BILL PARCELLSIf they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
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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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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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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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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There is winning and there is misery.
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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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I’m a little superstitious.
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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I have always felt like you really don’t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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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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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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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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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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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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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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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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