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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.

Bill Parcells

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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Beforehand Count Creative Relaxed
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
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
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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Team Way Winning
I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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Motivational Perception Sports Team
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
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
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Dwell Media Negativity
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
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
Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean
I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Motivational Sports Worry
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Confrontation Nowadays Wells
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
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things

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