There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
BILL PARCELLSWhy would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You’re trying to put in the right ingredients.
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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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 talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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It’s a very easy thing to say, ‘Go get a backup quarterback.’ Now tell me where to get them. You just can’t dial them up.
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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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