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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.

Bill Parcells

I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Motivational Sports Worry
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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Circles Leader People
I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
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Instruction Position Talking Team Variables
I’m not really in the excuse business.
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Excuse Football Game Inspiring
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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Country Disaster Things
Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Define Great Less World
It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.
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Anyway Attitude Better Weak
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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College Fighting Windmill
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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Enough Player Potential Team Want
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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Backup Easy Quarterback
Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Hate Learn Opportunities Opportunity
By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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Healthy Large Life
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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Motivational Perception Sports Team
Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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Judgment Motivational Sports
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Criticism Hurt Player

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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