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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

Bill Parcells

Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
BILL PARCELLS

Happens Life Live Worry
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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Enough Player Potential Team Want
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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Giving Long Progress
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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Basketball Commitment Team
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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Dream Wish Wrestling
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things
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
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
BILL PARCELLS

Expected Grew People Toes
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
BILL PARCELLS

Affected Mean Way
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
BILL PARCELLS

Coaches Thinking Wolves
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
Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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Team Way Winning
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
BILL PARCELLS

Coaching Player Sports
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

Circles Leader People
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
BILL PARCELLS

Game Inspiring Football Trying

You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

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