You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You’re trying to put in the right ingredients.
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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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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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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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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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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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