We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.
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Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
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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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There is winning and there is misery.
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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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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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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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I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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