If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
BILL PARCELLSHey 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!
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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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There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
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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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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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