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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
Solitaire
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I'm a little superstitious.
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When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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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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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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I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.
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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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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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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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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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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 the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through.
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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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