black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

Bill Parcells

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
I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
BILL PARCELLS

Motivational Needs Sports
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Motivational Sports Together Trying
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
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

Dumb Make Play Stupid Word
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
BILL PARCELLS

Coaching Different Game InterAction Player
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
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
You lose with potential. You win with performance.
BILL PARCELLS

Loses Performances Winning
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
BILL PARCELLS

Basketball Commitment Team
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 PARCELLS

Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
You are what your record says you are.
BILL PARCELLS

Individual Records Say
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
BILL PARCELLS

Around Bowl Jealous Super
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
BILL PARCELLS

Confrontation Nowadays Wells
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
BILL PARCELLS

Game Inspiring Football Thinking
If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
BILL PARCELLS

Athlete Care Competition

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Parcells Quotes