All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
BILL PARCELLSI see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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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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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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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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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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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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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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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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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Something goes wrong, I yell at them -‘Fix it’- whether it’s their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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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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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