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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.

Bill Parcells

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Bill Parcells
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 22
American Football Player
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Football Head Coach
Englewood
New Jersey
Duane Charles Parcells
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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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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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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 like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
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Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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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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I'm not really in the excuse business.
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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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I got more money than I can spend now.
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If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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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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I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.
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Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
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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 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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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.
Bill Parcells