I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
BILL PARCELLSThe more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You’re trying to put in the right ingredients.
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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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There is winning and there is misery.
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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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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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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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
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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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