Bill Belichick
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A lot of times if you just
kind of get out of the way and let the other team make a mistake, they'll make one and you can capitalize on it and take advantage.
Now, not all the time.
Again, you know, as you go deeper into the season and play better teams and playoffs and things like that, that happens less frequently.
But in a lot of close games, when you go back and really look at the way the game, the outcome of the game was, the team that lost really probably should have won or had many good chances to win and just...
kind of messed it up.
And more than, like I said, the winning team going out there and making all these spectacular plays.
So again, the big thing is, you know, number one, keep from losing.
And number two, make the plays you're supposed to make.
I mean, sure, there's some great plays out there, but
Before we get to the great plays, let's just make the plays that you're supposed to make, just the regular ones, the normal ones.
And that's execution, concentration, and discipline to do it all the time.
Drawer was a saying that we used to, especially at the end of the year, like as you get into the holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and then the playoffs, you know, the end of the season's in sight.
And wherever you are, you know, you've put in, you know, all the work back into the spring, training camp, you know, 10, 12, 14 regular season games, whatever it is.
And now you're really coming, you know, coming down the home stretch.
And the drawer was just a way of saying, unless it's a family or personal thing that's really important, put it in a drawer, deal with it after the season.
You know, do you need to go to sign these cards at the mall?
Do you need to, you know, go look for a new electronic, whatever it is?
Can you put those things aside and just –
finish the season, spend that time on preparation for our opponents, spend that time on, you know, rest, recovery, training, so that you're your absolute best when we really need you here in these last few stretch weeks.