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Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.

Bill Parcells

Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
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
Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You’re trying to put in the right ingredients.
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Motivational Sports Together Trying
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
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 love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.
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Game Motivational Sports Sunday Think
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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Dumb Make Play Stupid Word
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Game Inspiring Football Trying
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
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 is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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Affected Mean Way
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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Best Effort Job Possibly
Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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Giving Merited Overlooked Player Roles

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