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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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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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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'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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Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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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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Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
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By and large, I've been healthy all my life.
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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 a little superstitious.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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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