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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.

Bill Parcells

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Bill Parcells
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 22
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Englewood
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Duane Charles Parcells
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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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God's been good to me, He really has.
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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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