My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
BILL PARCELLSI 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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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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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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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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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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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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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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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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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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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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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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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