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.
BILL PARCELLSI’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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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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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I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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