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You lose with potential. You win with performance.

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
Potential
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Loses
Winning
Performance

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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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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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God's been good to me, He really has.
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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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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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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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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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I'm glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, ... It's just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I'm happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He's handing it out here and there, but he can't just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.
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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 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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It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable.
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Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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I got more money than I can spend now.
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Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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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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By and large, I've been healthy all my life.
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