There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
BILL PARCELLSBy and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
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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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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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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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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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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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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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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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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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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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