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When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.

Bill Parcells

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Bill Parcells
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 22
American Football Player
Coach
Football Head Coach
Englewood
New Jersey
Duane Charles Parcells
Basketball
Sports
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When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.
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I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
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God's been good to me, He really has.
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My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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 the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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