Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
BILL PARCELLSAll the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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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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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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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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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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My 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.
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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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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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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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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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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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