Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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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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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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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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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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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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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 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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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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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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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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Something 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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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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My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That’s pretty narrow… I don’t view myself as a person who’s well-versed in very many subjects. I’m not proud of that.
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