You lose with potential. You win with performance.
BILL PARCELLSSuccess is never final, but failure can be.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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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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Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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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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There is winning and there is misery.
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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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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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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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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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