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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.

Bill Parcells

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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Games Holes Running
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
I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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Looks Problem Variables
I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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Motivational Perception Sports 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
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
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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Backup Easy Quarterback
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
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
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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Comfortable Easier Winning
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Dwell Media Negativity
Success is never final, but failure can be.
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Positive Sports Success
No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
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Games Sports Winning
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Guy Loss Young
By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Healthy Large Life
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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Indiscriminate Motivational Quarterback Sports

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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