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.
BILL PARCELLSWhy would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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You are what your record says you are.
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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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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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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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I see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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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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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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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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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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