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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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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times.
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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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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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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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I got more money than I can spend now.
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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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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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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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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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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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When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.
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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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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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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through.
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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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