Effective mangers don’t direct from afar. They find out who the smiling faces in the pictures are. It might not have a direct bearing on the work you do, until you face some high tension crunch and find out that those relationships are what’s tiding you over #Parcellsisms

Traditions are made to be broken. If you’re doing something because it’s always been done that way you may be missing an opportunity to do better #Parcellsisms

I can’t respect a teacher who says “I’ll expose the students to the material, but it’s their job to learn” #Parcellsisms

In any competitive environment, to stay the same is to regress #Parcellsisms

The challenge is to identify what the problem is, and then solve it. That second part, the action step, is what separates leaders from analysts #Parcellsisms

Real humility is being at the top of your profession and still striving to get better #Parcellsisms

You can’t rehearse personality. If you put on a face for your players they’ll see right through you #Parcellsisms

The team that makes fewer mistakes will generally get the opportunity to win, even when the opposition has more talent #Parcellsisms

If you get your feelings hurt that’s too bad #Parcellsisms

You must foster collaboration to be successful. It gives you a surge of power when you have others, striving to the same goal #Parcellsisms

The disciplined course isn’t always the daring course or the exciting course. But it is the course that gives your organization the best chance to prevail #Parcellsisms

I’m convinced that if you get people onto your team who share the same goals and the same passion, and if you push them to achieve at the highest level, you’re going to come out on top #Parcellsisms

It’s human nature to retreat rather than attack your problems with new initiatives. Short term panic always leads to long term paralysis #Parcellsisms

Train the spotlight on the group, not the individual #Parcellsisms

Excuses and alibis are the main enemies of accountability #Parcellsisms

The instant you relax or rely on who you are rather than what you’re doing, you’re on the express lane to the chopping block #Parcellsisms

Character is telling the truth, even when the truth hurts. Doing the right things, even when no one else is around. Overcoming adversity, being resilient and having the courage to stand up for what you believe in #Sabanisms

“Too Many People Have Too Much Invested for Us to Wait on You” -Parcellsisms

The best stuff I have seen in terms of teaching slanting head-up DL, part of Schembechler's 50 defense.

Once a goal is reached, it takes a rare maturity to avoid a letdown. Complacency comes in, egos swell and hunger dulls #Parcellsisms