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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?

Bill Parcells

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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Motivational Perception Sports Team
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
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
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
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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Ability Confidence Insightful Like Something You
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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Coaching Different Game InterAction Player
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
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
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things
Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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Judgment Motivational Sports
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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Athlete Care Competition
Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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Happens Life Live Worry
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
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Criticism Hurt Player
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

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