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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.

Bill Parcells

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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Expected Grew People Toes
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Dwell Media Negativity
All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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Games Holes Running
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 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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Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
You are what your record says you are.
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Individual Records Say
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
I’m not really in the excuse business.
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Excuse Football Game Inspiring
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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Indiscriminate Motivational Quarterback Sports
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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Games Sports Winning
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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Circles Leader People
It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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Anyway Attitude Better Weak
Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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Believe Long Relationship Years

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.

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