When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
BILL PARCELLSWhen I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
BILL PARCELLSI’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
BILL PARCELLSI was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
BILL PARCELLSConfidence 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 PARCELLSWhy would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
BILL PARCELLSYou lose with potential. You win with performance.
BILL PARCELLSNo 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 PARCELLSHey 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 PARCELLSIf they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
BILL PARCELLSGod’s been good to me, He really has.
BILL PARCELLSSuccess is never final, but failure can be.
BILL PARCELLSSomething 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.
BILL PARCELLSThere’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.
BILL PARCELLSLook, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
BILL PARCELLSI 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.
BILL PARCELLSYou can only really yell at the players you trust.
BILL PARCELLS