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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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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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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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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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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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What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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Never let the world define you as less than Great.
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I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work.
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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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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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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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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
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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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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't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.
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I'm not really in the excuse business.
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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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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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