If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
BILL PARCELLSI’m not really in the excuse business.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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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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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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I have always felt like you really don’t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
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My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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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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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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