When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
BILL PARCELLSBlame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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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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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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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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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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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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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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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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