We’re not playing solitaire out here.
BILL PARCELLSThere is winning and there is misery.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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.
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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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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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God’s been good to me, He really has.
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There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
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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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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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You are what your record says you are.
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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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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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