I think everyone is a case-by-case basis. Whatever the circumstances are that come with any individual, they exist and you have to make a determination as to what your comfort level is with that person and the characteristics that they bring.
BILL BELICHICKNot all teams use the same tests and certainly those tests are far from being 100 percent as well. It’s part of the process.
More Bill Belichick Quotes
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My overall knowledge of football specifications, the overall process that happens on game day with the footballs is very limited.
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This is the end of this subject for me for a long time.
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I told you the one change we would make in the initial start level of the football pressure, but that’s really about it.
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It’s the business that you guys are in too. We try to get as much information as we can and make the best decisions that we can for the football team.
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I think a smart guy can learn. Some guys learn – it’s just like all of us – some guys can learn electronics, some of us can’t.
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I feel like I’ve had a strong relationship with Robert [Kraft] and his family since I was here in 1996 and I think it’s gotten stronger every year that I’ve been here with the Patriots.
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When you get wet, it usually means something good.
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I am who I am. In the end, I feel that what I’m accountable for is doing a good job as a football coach.
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We have absolutely done as much work as we can on finding out things like that and we’ll try to get all the information that we can as that would apply to any current situation, which I can’t talk about.
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I’m sure that any current or past player of mine would tell you that the balls we practice with are as bad as they can be: wet, sticky, cold, slippery.
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I’m trying to coach the team and that’s what I want to do.
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So many different things happen in a split second during the course of the play, just like it is for a quarterback. The more of those things that you can do right, slow down, get the most important things, not get distracted by all the stuff that’s happening, but just really zero in on a target.
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Tom’s [Brady] personal preferences on his footballs are something he can take about in much better detail and information than I could possibly provide.
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If you sit back & spend too much time feeling good about what you did in the past, you’re going to come up short next time
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I had no knowledge of the various steps involved in the game balls and the process that happened between when they were prepared and went to the officials and went to the game. So, I’ve learned a lot about that.
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