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.
BILL PARCELLSMy expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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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.
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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
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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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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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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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