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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.

Bill Parcells

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
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking
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
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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Athlete Care Competition
I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
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Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
I’m a little superstitious.
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Happen Littles Superstitious
Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
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
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super
Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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Happens Life Live Worry
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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Game Inspiring Football Thinking
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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Backup Easy Quarterback
Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Enough Good Letting
Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean

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