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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

When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super
Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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Happens Life Live Worry
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
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Game Inspiring Football Thinking
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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Faults Player Something Trust Wrong
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Motivational Sports Two Sides
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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Coaching Player Think Thinking
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
I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
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
Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Done Havens Mean
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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Coaching Player Sports
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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Game Motivational Sports Sunday Think
Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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Team Way Winning
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Motivational Solitaire Sports
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 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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