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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.

Bill Parcells

I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Motivational Sports Worry
I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
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Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Hands Past People
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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Football Thinking
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Define Great Less World
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
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Game Inspiring Football Thinking
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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Game Motivational Sports Sunday Think
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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Games Sports Winning
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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Loses Performances Winning
Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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Believe Long Relationship Years
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
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super

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