Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish 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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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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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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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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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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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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.
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There is winning and there is misery.
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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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No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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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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