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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.

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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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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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'm a little superstitious.
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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 don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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By and large, I've been healthy all my life.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
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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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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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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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If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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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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God's been good to me, He really has.
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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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We're not playing solitaire out here.
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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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