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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.

Bill Parcells

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
Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
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
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
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
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Better Gratification Happened Quarterly Reports
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
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
What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Hands Past People
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
We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Motivational Solitaire Sports
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Affected Mean Way
It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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Comfortable Easier Winning

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