If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
BILL PARCELLSIf 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.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That’s pretty narrow… I don’t view myself as a person who’s well-versed in very many subjects. I’m not proud of that.
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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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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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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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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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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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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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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