If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
BILL PARCELLSIf I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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.
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There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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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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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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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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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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