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.
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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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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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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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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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’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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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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