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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
Positive
Sports
Success
Never
Nfl
Final
Finals
Failure

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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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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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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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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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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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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I'm not really in the excuse business.
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What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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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 can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.
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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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If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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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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Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast.
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