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.
BILL PARCELLSNo 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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
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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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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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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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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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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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If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
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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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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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Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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