By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
BILL PARCELLSThere are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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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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If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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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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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Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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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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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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