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You lose with potential. You win with performance.

Bill Parcells

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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Adversity Basketball Team
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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Expected Grew People Toes
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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Backup Easy Quarterback
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
God’s been good to me, He really has.
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Been Good Helping Really
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
Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Baby Effectiveness Pain
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
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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Anyway Attitude Better Weak
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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Best Effort Job Possibly
By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Healthy Large Life
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things

You lose with potential. You win with performance.

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