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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.

Bill Parcells

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
You are what your record says you are.
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Individual Records Say
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Game Inspiring Football Trying
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 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
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Guy Loss Young
Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Baby Effectiveness Pain
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
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking
I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Motivational Solitaire Sports
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 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
You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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Loses Performances Winning
I’m a little superstitious.
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Happen Littles Superstitious
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

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