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Bill Parcells

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
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.
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Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
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 can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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Motivational Needs Sports
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
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
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super
You are what your record says you are.
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Individual Records Say
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
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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Person Sports Subject Thinking Views
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
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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Games Sports Winning
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
Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Healthy Large Life
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Hands Past People
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
Well, 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.
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Believe Long Relationship Years
I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Motivational Sports Worry
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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Coaches Thinking Wolves
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things
Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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Team Way Winning
It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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Anyway Attitude Better Weak

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