Bill Parcells Quotes

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

  Bill Parcells

  Team, Winning, Groups

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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.

  Bill Parcells

  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.

  Bill Parcells

  Creative, Relaxed

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• Potential means you haven't done anything yet.

  Bill Parcells

  Mean, Done, Havens

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• What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.

  Bill Parcells

  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.

  Bill Parcells

  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.

  Bill Parcells

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

  Bill Parcells

  Hurt, Player, Criticism

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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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• A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart

  Bill Parcells

  Basketball, Team, Adversity

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

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

  Bill Parcells

  Basketball, Team, Commitment

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• You lose with potential. You win with performance.

  Bill Parcells

  Winning, Performances, Loses

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• Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!

  Bill Parcells

  Motivational, Football, Nfl

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• If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.

  Bill Parcells

  Mean, Way, Affected

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• Part of buying the groceries is having a philosophy and trying to stick to it as best you can, knowing that occasionally you may make an exception. But, you do so knowing you're attempting to do it for a certain reason and you have to be very careful not to try to make too many exceptions, because then you wind up as a franchise with a team full of exceptions, which is not what you want.

  Bill Parcells

  Team, Philosophy, Knowing

  Source: sports.yahoo.com

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