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.
BILL BELICHICKMy overall knowledge of football specifications, the overall process that happens on game day with the footballs is very limited.
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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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The less versatile you are, the better you have to be at what you do well.
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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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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 it’s relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that’s not what we’re talking about here with Seattle.
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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 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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For a team to accomplish their goal, everybody’s got to give up a little bit of their individuality.
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To live in the past is to die in the present.
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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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I don’t think there’s anybody in this organization not focused on the 49ers…I mean Chargers.
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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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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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Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it’s not the best thing for you.
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When you get wet, it usually means something good.
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