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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
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All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
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A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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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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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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Anybody who watched football last year knows they're good. But that represents a very good opportunity for us. It really does. I think somehow, if we're able to pull that off, I think it will go a long way for our confidence. I look at it as a great opportunity, and hopefully we'll be at our best when we get there.
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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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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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I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
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