I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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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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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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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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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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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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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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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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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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 don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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