There is winning and there is misery.
BILL PARCELLSYou don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.
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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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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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You are what your record says you are.
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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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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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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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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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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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It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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