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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.

Bill Parcells

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.
BILL PARCELLS

Motivational Perception Sports Team
Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
BILL PARCELLS

Baby Effectiveness Pain
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Dream Wish Wrestling
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
BILL PARCELLS

Player Problem Vices
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Healthy Large Life
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 have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Best Effort Job Possibly
I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
BILL PARCELLS

Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Enough Player Potential Team Want
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
BILL PARCELLS

Affected Mean Way
I have always felt like you really don’t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
BILL PARCELLS

Ability Confidence Insightful Like Something You
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
BILL PARCELLS

Basketball Commitment Team

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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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.