“If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.”

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

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.

I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.

It’s better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you’re weak, you’re likely to be wrong anyway.

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.

You lose with potential. You win with performance.

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.

I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.

God’s been good to me, He really has.

Something goes wrong, I yell at them -‘Fix it’- whether it’s their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.

You are what your record says you are.

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.

We’re not playing solitaire out here.

I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won’t take it, but somebody always does.

It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.

Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow; wounding both him that commits, and him against whom it is committed.

The mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.

It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.

The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.

Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you.

One way or another we all work for our vice.