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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.

Bill Parcells

Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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Football Motivational Season Work
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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Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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Believe Long Relationship Years
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Confrontation Nowadays Wells
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things
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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Coaching Player Think Thinking
All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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Games Holes Running
Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Enough Good Letting
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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Coaches Ems Little Player Tantrums Temper
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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Athlete Care Competition
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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Dumb Make Play Stupid Word
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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Indiscriminate Motivational Quarterback Sports
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Criticism Hurt Player
Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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Judgment Motivational Sports
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Game Inspiring Football Trying
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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Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
You are what your record says you are.
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Individual Records Say
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Average Expectations Prognosticators Sports
What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Hands Past People
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super

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