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

Bill Parcells

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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Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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Motivational Needs Sports
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
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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Ability Confidence Insightful Like Something You
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
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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Faults Player Something Trust Wrong
Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Enough Good Letting
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Looks Problem Variables
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
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
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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Anyway Attitude Better Weak
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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Coaches Thinking Wolves
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity

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