If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
BILL PARCELLSI 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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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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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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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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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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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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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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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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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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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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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