When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
BILL PARCELLSYou don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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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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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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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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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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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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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
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When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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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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