I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
BILL PARCELLSSomething 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’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.
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There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
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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 can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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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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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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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