If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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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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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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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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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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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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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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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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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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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