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.

Bill Parcells

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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Don't ever let good enough be good enough.

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Letting Go, Good Enough, Enough

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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.

Bill Parcells

Dream, Wrestling, Wish

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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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Potential means you haven't done anything yet.

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Mean, Done, Havens

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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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You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning

Bill Parcells

Basketball, Team, Winning

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

Bill Parcells

Thinking, Coaches, Ifs

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

Bill Parcells

Teacher, Succeed, Students

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

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

Bill Parcells

Thinking, Air, Nfl

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Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast.

Bill Parcells

Play

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Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

Bill Parcells

Team, Winning, Games

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

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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.

Bill Parcells

Motivational, Sports, Jobs

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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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You lose with potential. You win with performance.

Bill Parcells

Winning, Performances, Loses

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

Bill Parcells

Baby, Pain, Effectiveness

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

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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.

Bill Parcells

Basketball, Sports, Different

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Born: August 22, 1941
Occupation: Football head coach
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