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My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.

Bill Parcells

A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
BILL PARCELLS

Coaches Thinking Wolves
It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
BILL PARCELLS

Comfortable Easier Winning
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
BILL PARCELLS

Dream Wish Wrestling
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
BILL PARCELLS

Game Inspiring Football Trying
If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
BILL PARCELLS

Dinner Groceries Want
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
BILL PARCELLS

Football Thinking
Something goes wrong, I yell at them -‘Fix it’- whether it’s their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
BILL PARCELLS

Faults Player Something Trust Wrong
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Circles Leader People
There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
BILL PARCELLS

Better Gratification Happened Quarterly Reports
Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
BILL PARCELLS

Happens Life Live Worry
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Backup Easy Quarterback
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
BILL PARCELLS

Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Person Sports Subject Thinking Views
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
BILL PARCELLS

Blame Expect Nothing
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
BILL PARCELLS

Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity

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