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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

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Criticism Hurt Player
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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Motivational Sports Together Trying
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Confrontation Nowadays Wells
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices
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
If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Death Fine Fun Life
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
God’s been good to me, He really has.
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Been Good Helping Really
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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Coaches Ems Little Player Tantrums Temper
I’m not really in the excuse business.
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Excuse Football Game Inspiring
By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Healthy Large Life
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
Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
It’s a very easy thing to say, ‘Go get a backup quarterback.’ Now tell me where to get them. You just can’t dial them up.
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Backup Easy Quarterback
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
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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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason

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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