There are no shortcuts to building a team each season. You build the foundation brick by brick.
BILL BELICHICKI’ll refrain from making any more comments on any ongoing people involved in the judicial process.
More Bill Belichick Quotes
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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.
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I’m not really worried about the other 31 teams.
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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’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’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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The less versatile you are, the better you have to be at what you do well.
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Whatever success I’ve had it is because I’ve tried to understand the situation of the player. I think the coach’s duty is to avoid complicating matters.
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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 cannot comment on any player who has ongoing criminal charges and legal situations.
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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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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.
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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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I don’t Twitter, I don’t MyFace, I don’t Yearbook…
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This is the end of this subject for me for a long time.
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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.
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