All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
BILL PARCELLSAny penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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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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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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You are what your record says you are.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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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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There is winning and there is misery.
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I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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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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I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.
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