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

Bill Parcells

Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean
All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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Games Holes Running
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Guy Loss Young
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Motivational Solitaire 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
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
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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Adversity Basketball Team
God’s been good to me, He really has.
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Been Good Helping Really
You are what your record says you are.
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Individual Records Say
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.
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Coaching Player Think Thinking
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
I’m a little superstitious.
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Happen Littles Superstitious
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
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.
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Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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Indiscriminate Motivational Quarterback Sports
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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Coaches Ems Little Player Tantrums Temper
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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Expected Grew People Toes
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 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
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Affected Mean Way
Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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Happens Life Live Worry
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
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
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning

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