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.
BILL PARCELLSWhy would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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’m a little superstitious.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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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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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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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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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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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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