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I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.

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
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By and large, I've been healthy all my life.
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You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.
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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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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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God's been good to me, He really has.
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It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable.
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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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