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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.

Bill Parcells

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
BILL PARCELLS

Blame Expect Nothing
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
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.
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Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
BILL PARCELLS

Coaches Thinking Wolves
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
BILL PARCELLS

Game Inspiring Football Trying
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Game Motivational Sports Sunday Think
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
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
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Faults Player Something Trust Wrong
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
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
BILL PARCELLS

Country Disaster Things
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Better Gratification Happened Quarterly Reports
What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
BILL PARCELLS

Hands Past People
Success is never final, but failure can be.
BILL PARCELLS

Positive Sports Success
The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
BILL PARCELLS

Beforehand Count Creative Relaxed

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