You lose with potential. You win with performance.
BILL PARCELLSIf the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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 was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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 talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
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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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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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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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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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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’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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You are what your record says you are.
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