You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
BILL PARCELLSA team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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 don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That’s pretty narrow… I don’t view myself as a person who’s well-versed in very many subjects. I’m not proud of that.
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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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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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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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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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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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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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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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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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