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Success is never final, but failure can be.

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
Nfl
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I'm glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, ... It's just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I'm happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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God's been good to me, He really has.
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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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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.
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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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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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You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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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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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
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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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I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.
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I'm a little superstitious.
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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 there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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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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