I have always felt like you ...

I have always felt like you really don\'t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
I have always felt like you really don't have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
 Bill Parcells

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.
 Bill Parcells
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
 Bill Parcells
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
Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
 Bill Parcells
I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.
 Bill Parcells