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.
BILL PARCELLSIf you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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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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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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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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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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In the end, I’ve found, people like the direct approach. It’s much more valuable to them to have a leader who’s absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles.
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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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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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There is winning and there is misery.
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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