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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

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
Anybody
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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 got more money than I can spend now.
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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.
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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'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 easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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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When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
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I'm not really in the excuse business.
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
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I'm a little superstitious.
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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 think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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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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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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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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