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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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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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What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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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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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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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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Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
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You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.
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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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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 trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.
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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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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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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
Bill Parcells