Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
BILL PARCELLSYou are what your record says you are.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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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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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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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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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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I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.
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I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.
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It’s a very easy thing to say, ‘Go get a backup quarterback.’ Now tell me where to get them. You just can’t dial them up.
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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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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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