You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
BILL PARCELLSMy 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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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There is winning and there is misery.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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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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