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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
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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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I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.
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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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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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I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.
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It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable.
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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 love the game. I think it's a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week. There's no grey area, there's instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We're not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
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I'm not really in the excuse business.
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I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
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I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.
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Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast.
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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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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 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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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 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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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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I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception.
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