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I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.

Bill Parcells

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Bill Parcells
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 22
American Football Player
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Football Head Coach
Englewood
New Jersey
Duane Charles Parcells
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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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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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My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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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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If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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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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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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A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
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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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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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