Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
BILL PARCELLSWhy would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.
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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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If 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.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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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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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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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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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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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
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