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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.

Bill Parcells

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Bill Parcells
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 22
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Englewood
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Duane Charles Parcells
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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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Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
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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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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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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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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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I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.
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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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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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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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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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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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