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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.

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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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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Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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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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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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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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I got more money than I can spend now.
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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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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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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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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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By and large, I've been healthy all my life.
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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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The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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I'm a little superstitious.
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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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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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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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I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.
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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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