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I'm not really in the excuse business.

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 got more money than I can spend now.
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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 not trying to keep anybody happy.
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God's been good to me, He really has.
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Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Some guys are just very, very interested in their sport and their predecessors. I know I was a guy like that when I was a young coach. I wanted to know about George Halas, I wanted to know about Jim Lee Howell, guys you don't even know. I wanted to know what they were like. So I read whatever I could get my hands on.
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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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