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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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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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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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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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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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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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’m not really in the excuse business.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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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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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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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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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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You are what your record says you are.
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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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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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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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There is winning and there is misery.
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