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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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I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
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I'm a little superstitious.
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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'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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You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
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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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If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times.
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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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