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.
BILL PARCELLSIn 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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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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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If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
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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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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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I have always felt like you really don’t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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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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