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Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

Bill Belichick

It’s the business that you guys are in too. We try to get as much information as we can and make the best decisions that we can for the football team.
BILL BELICHICK

Business Decision Football Guy Team
That has never been a priority for me and I want the players to deal with a harder situation in practice than they’ll ever have to deal with in the game. Maybe that’s part of our ball security philosophy.
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Philosophy Player Practice
You get the job done or you don’t.
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Action Done Jobs
I was out of the country for a period of time but followed everything closely through other people in our organization and we’ve made the decisions that we felt were right for the football team and we’ll continue to do that and be as diligent as we can going forward.
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Country Football Organisation Team
To live in the past is to die in the present.
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Dies Live Past Present
My overall knowledge of football specifications, the overall process that happens on game day with the footballs is very limited.
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Day Football Games Limited
If you sit back & spend too much time feeling good about what you did in the past, you’re going to come up short next time
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Feel Feelings Good Past
I’ve learned about the inflation range situation. Obviously with our footballs being inflated to the 12.5-pound range, any deflation would then take us under that specification limit.
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Football Games Knowing
I don’t think there’s anybody in this organization not focused on the 49ers…I mean Chargers.
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Charge Mean Sports Thinking
I think a smart guy can learn. Some guys learn – it’s just like all of us – some guys can learn electronics, some of us can’t.
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Mean Smart Thinking
Each decision will be done on a case-by-case basis and we’ll make the decision we feel is best for the New England Patriots football team.
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Decision Football Team
Not all teams use the same tests and certainly those tests are far from being 100 percent as well. It’s part of the process.
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Process Team Tests Use
There are no shortcuts to building a team each season. You build the foundation brick by brick.
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Foundation Shortcuts Team
I think it’s relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that’s not what we’re talking about here with Seattle.
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Talking Team Thinking
I think we all know that quarterbacks, kickers, specialists have certain preferences on footballs. They know a lot more about it than I do. They’re a lot more sensitive to it than I am.
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Football Kickers Thinking
I think everyone is a case-by-case basis. Whatever the circumstances are that come with any individual, they exist and you have to make a determination as to what your comfort level is with that person and the characteristics that they bring.
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Comfort Determination Thinking

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

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