You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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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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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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I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.
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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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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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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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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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I see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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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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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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