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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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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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Some guys are just very, very interested in their sport and their predecessors. I know I was a guy like that when I was a young coach. I wanted to know about George Halas, I wanted to know about Jim Lee Howell, guys you don't even know. I wanted to know what they were like. So I read whatever I could get my hands on.
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The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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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 not trying to keep anybody happy.
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I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
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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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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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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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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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.
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I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
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I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
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What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.
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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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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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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
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Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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