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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.

Bill Parcells

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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Best Effort Job Possibly
There is winning and there is misery.
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Misery Sports Winning
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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Circles Leader People
Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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Giving Merited Overlooked Player Roles
My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Average Expectations Prognosticators Sports
Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Baby Effectiveness Pain
A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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Adversity Basketball Team
What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Hands Past People
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
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
The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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Beforehand Count Creative Relaxed
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
Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
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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Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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Coaches Thinking Wolves

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