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Never let the world define you as less than Great.

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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World
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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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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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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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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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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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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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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
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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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I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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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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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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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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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
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I'm not really in the excuse business.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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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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