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Not all teams use the same tests and certainly those tests are far from being 100 percent as well. It’s part of the process.

Bill Belichick

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.
BILL BELICHICK

Football Past Player
That has never been a priority for me and I want the players to deal with a harder situation in practice than they’ll ever have to deal with in the game. Maybe that’s part of our ball security philosophy.
BILL BELICHICK

Philosophy Player Practice
I obviously understand that each team has the opportunity to prepare the balls the way they want, give them to the officials and the game officials either approve or disapprove the balls. That really was the end of it for me until I learned a little bit more about this .
BILL BELICHICK

Games Opportunity Team
You get the job done or you don’t.
BILL BELICHICK

Action Done Jobs
Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling
BILL BELICHICK

Basketball Ceiling Character
To live in the past is to die in the present.
BILL BELICHICK

Dies Live Past Present
I was out of the country for a period of time but followed everything closely through other people in our organization and we’ve made the decisions that we felt were right for the football team and we’ll continue to do that and be as diligent as we can going forward.
BILL BELICHICK

Country Football Organisation Team
My overall knowledge of football specifications, the overall process that happens on game day with the footballs is very limited.
BILL BELICHICK

Day Football Games Limited
However bad we can make them, I make them. Any time that players complain about the quality of the footballs, I make them worse and that stops the complaining.
BILL BELICHICK

Complain Complaining Ourselves Worse
I don’t Twitter, I don’t MyFace, I don’t Yearbook…
BILL BELICHICK

Face Twitter Yearbook
I think we all know that quarterbacks, kickers, specialists have certain preferences on footballs. They know a lot more about it than I do. They’re a lot more sensitive to it than I am.
BILL BELICHICK

Football Kickers Thinking
I cannot comment on any player who has ongoing criminal charges and legal situations.
BILL BELICHICK

Criminals Ongoing Player
I’m not going to be able to talk about the people who are involved specifically in any ongoing judicial process.
BILL BELICHICK

College Player School
The only thing I can cheer for in Philadelphia is the national anthem.
BILL BELICHICK

Anthem Cheer Philadelphia
Each decision will be done on a case-by-case basis and we’ll make the decision we feel is best for the New England Patriots football team.
BILL BELICHICK

Decision Football Team
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.
BILL BELICHICK

Strong Thinking Years

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