Never let the world define you as less than Great.
BILL PARCELLSA coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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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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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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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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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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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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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 don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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