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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.

Bill Parcells

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.
BILL PARCELLS

Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
I see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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Giving Long Progress
If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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Dinner Groceries Want
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
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 don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
BILL PARCELLS

Motivational Needs Sports
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
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
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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Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You’re trying to put in the right ingredients.
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Motivational Sports Together Trying
By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Healthy Large Life
It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
BILL PARCELLS

Anyway Attitude Better Weak

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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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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