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 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’m a little superstitious.
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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.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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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.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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.
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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Something goes wrong, I yell at them -‘Fix it’- whether it’s their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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You are what your record says you are.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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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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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
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