There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
BILL PARCELLSIt’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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
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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.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
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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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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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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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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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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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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There is winning and there is misery.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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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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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 grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
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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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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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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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