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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

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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Dumb Make Play Stupid Word
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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Adversity Basketball Team
When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
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Coaching Player Think Thinking
I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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Enough Player Potential Team Want
Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Baby Effectiveness Pain
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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Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
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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Motivational Sports Together Trying
Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Define Great Less World
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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Giving Merited Overlooked Player Roles
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Game Inspiring Football Trying
Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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Happens Life Live Worry
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
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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Circles Leader People
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.
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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
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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