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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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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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