A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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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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I see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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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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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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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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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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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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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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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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