What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
BILL PARCELLSI’m a little superstitious.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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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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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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Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
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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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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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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 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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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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I 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.
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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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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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