Bill Parcells Quotes

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• Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.

  Bill Parcells

  Team, Winning, Groups

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• You are what your record says you are.

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  Records

  Bill Parcells, Nunyo Demasio (2014). “Parcells: A Football Life”, p.454, Crown Archetype

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• Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.

  Bill Parcells

  Blame, Expect Nothing

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• If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.

  Bill Parcells

  Want, Dinner, Groceries

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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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  Dream, Wrestling, Wish

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• Don't ever let good enough be good enough.

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  Letting Go, Good Enough, Enough

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• The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.

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  Creative, Relaxed

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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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  Basketball, Team, Winning

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• Potential means you haven't done anything yet.

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  Mean, Done, Havens

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• A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.

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  Thinking, Coaches, Ifs

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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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  Past, Hands, People

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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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  Hate, Opportunity, Opportunities To Learn

  Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books

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• You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

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  Nfl, Trying, Inspiring Football

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  A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed.

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  Teacher, Succeed, Students

  Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books

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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.

  Bill Parcells

  Jobs, Best Job, Effort

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• The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.

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  Hurt, Player, Criticism

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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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  Basketball, Team, Adversity

  Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books

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• I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

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  Thinking, Air, Nfl

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• Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.

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  Baby, Pain, Effectiveness

  Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books

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• It's better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you're weak, you're likely to be wrong anyway.

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  Attitude, Weak, Ifs

  Bill Parcells (1995). “Finding a Way to Win: The Principles of Leadership, Teamwork, and Motivation”, Doubleday Books

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• You lose with potential. You win with performance.

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  Winning, Performances, Loses

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• There is winning and there is misery.

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  Sports, Winning, Nfl

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• My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.

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  Motivational, Sports, Jobs

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• Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy

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  Basketball, Team, Commitment

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• No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you're not winning now, so you stink.

  Bill Parcells

  Sports, Winning, Games

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