Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
BILL PARCELLSYou lose with potential. You win with performance.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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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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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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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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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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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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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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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect 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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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You are what your record says you are.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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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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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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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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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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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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