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You are what your record says you are.

Bill Parcells

Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Define Great Less World
There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
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Better Gratification Happened Quarterly Reports
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
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 they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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Dinner Groceries Want
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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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
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
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Dwell Media Negativity
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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Game Inspiring Football Thinking
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Game Inspiring Football Trying
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Guy Loss Young
God’s been good to me, He really has.
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Been Good Helping Really
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking

You are what your record says you are.

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