The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
BILL PARCELLSGive role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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There is winning and there is misery.
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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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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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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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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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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 talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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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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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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 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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