Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
BILL PARCELLSYou get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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You are what your record says you are.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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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 they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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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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There is winning and there is misery.
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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 see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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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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