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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.

Bill Parcells

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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Blame Expect Nothing
Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Enough Good Letting
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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Dream Wish Wrestling
My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Average Expectations Prognosticators Sports
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Around Bowl Jealous Super
You are what your record says you are.
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Individual Records Say
Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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Closest Creatures Habitually Proximity
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Guy Loss Young
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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Athlete Care Competition
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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Enough Player Potential Team Want
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Confrontation Nowadays Wells
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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Giving Merited Overlooked Player Roles
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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Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
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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Beaten Down Motivational Sports Team
I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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Motivational Sports Worry
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Player Problem Vices

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 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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