I’m not really in the excuse business.
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 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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If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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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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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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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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There is winning and there is misery.
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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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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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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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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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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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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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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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