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.
BILL PARCELLSA coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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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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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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If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.
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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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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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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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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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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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I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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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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I’m a little superstitious.
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