All sources are not equal. When you get information, you take the information, you evaluate it, and you do the best you can with it. So, there’s a variance in the quality and the amount of the information. It’s a case-by-case basis. Each one’s different. There’s no set formulas.
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More Bill Belichick Quotes
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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.
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The only thing I can cheer for in Philadelphia is the national anthem.
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We never use the condition of the footballs as an excuse. We play with whatever or kick with whatever we have to use and that’s the way it is.
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I think that we’ll continue to try to look at ourselves in the mirror and see where we can do a better job, maybe where we can improve the process. But I think the fundamentals of the process will remain the same.
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For a team to accomplish their goal, everybody’s got to give up a little bit of their individuality.
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Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling
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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.
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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.
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We’ll continue to work hard to do a better job in every area going forward. I don’t know where those little things will come from but we’ll continue to be diligent on them.
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I’ve learned about the inflation range situation. Obviously with our footballs being inflated to the 12.5-pound range, any deflation would then take us under that specification limit.
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Some guys, football comes really easy to them; they can see what all 22 players are doing, can see what all 11 guys are doing on their side of the ball, how it all fits together. It’s easy for them.
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I cannot comment on any player who has ongoing criminal charges and legal situations.
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I’m a football coach. I’m not a doctor … They don’t call plays, I don’t do surgeries. We have a great deal here.
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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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You get the job done or you don’t.
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Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it’s not the best thing for you.
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I’ll refrain from making any more comments on any ongoing people involved in the judicial process.
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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.
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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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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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There are no shortcuts to building a team each season. You build the foundation brick by brick.
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I don’t think there’s anybody in this organization not focused on the 49ers…I mean Chargers.
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We do the same thing with all our players. We take a look, as I said, at their personal family life, we look at the history of what they’ve done in high school and college.
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I don’t Twitter, I don’t MyFace, I don’t Yearbook…
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I’m trying to coach the team and that’s what I want to do.
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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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