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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
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Winning
Performance
Potential

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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.
Bill Parcells
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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.
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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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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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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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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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.
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You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning
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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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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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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.
Bill Parcells