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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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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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My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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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 love the game. I think it's a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week. There's no grey area, there's instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We're not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
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I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
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We're not playing solitaire out here.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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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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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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I'm a little superstitious.
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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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By and large, I've been healthy all my life.
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I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception.
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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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You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.
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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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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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