Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
BILL PARCELLSNowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
BILL PARCELLSBlame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
BILL PARCELLSAny penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
BILL PARCELLSYou can only really yell at the players you trust.
BILL PARCELLSIf you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
BILL PARCELLSYou don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
BILL PARCELLSI have a house in Saratoga Springs.
BILL PARCELLSIf they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
BILL PARCELLSThe more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
BILL PARCELLSI’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
BILL PARCELLSThe media dwells mostly on negativity.
BILL PARCELLSAll the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
BILL PARCELLSIn 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.
BILL PARCELLSWell, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
BILL PARCELLSAccept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
BILL PARCELLSThe only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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