If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
BILL PARCELLSI have always felt like you really don’t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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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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Confidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
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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 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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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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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.
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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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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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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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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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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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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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