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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.

Bill Parcells

I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Looks Problem Variables
Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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Giving Merited Overlooked Player Roles
My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That’s pretty narrow… I don’t view myself as a person who’s well-versed in very many subjects. I’m not proud of that.
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Person Sports Subject Thinking Views
I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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Enough Player Potential Team Want
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
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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Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things
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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Game Motivational Sports Sunday Think
We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Motivational Solitaire Sports
Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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Believe Long Relationship Years
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super
My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Average Expectations Prognosticators Sports
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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Backup Easy Quarterback
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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Happens Life Live Worry
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Criticism Hurt Player

Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.

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