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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.

Bill Parcells

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
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Guy Loss Young
Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
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Dream Wish Wrestling
I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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Enough Player Potential Team Want
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking
Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Enough Good Letting
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super
I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Looks Problem Variables
We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Motivational Solitaire Sports
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 have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Healthy House Spring
Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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Team Way Winning
I’m not really in the excuse business.
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Excuse Football Game Inspiring
It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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Anyway Attitude Better Weak
Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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Judgment Motivational Sports
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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Coaching Player Think Thinking

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