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.
BILL PARCELLSResourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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There is winning and there is misery.
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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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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 more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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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 are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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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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I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
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You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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