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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.

Bill Parcells

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’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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Dumb Make Play Stupid Word
You are what your record says you are.
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Individual Records Say
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
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Guy Loss Young
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Enough Good Letting
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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Adversity Basketball Team
I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Motivational Sports Worry
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
Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean
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.
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Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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Games Sports Winning
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.
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Best Effort Job Possibly
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking

If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.

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