I have always felt like you really don’t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
BILL PARCELLSI was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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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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What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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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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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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