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I’m not really in the excuse business.

Bill Parcells

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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Game Inspiring Football Trying
My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Average Expectations Prognosticators Sports
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
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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Faults Player Something Trust Wrong
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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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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Coaches Thinking Wolves
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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Indiscriminate Motivational Quarterback Sports
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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Athlete Care Competition

I’m not really in the excuse business.

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