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

Bill Parcells

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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Football Motivational Season Work
I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Hands Past People
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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Adversity Basketball Team
You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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Loses Performances Winning
I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Looks Problem Variables
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.
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Dream Wish Wrestling
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
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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Coaches Thinking Wolves
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
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Motivational Solitaire Sports
I’m a little superstitious.
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Happen Littles Superstitious
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
When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
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Coaching Player Think Thinking
The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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Beforehand Count Creative Relaxed

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