No matter how much you’ve won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you’re not winning now, so you stink.
BILL PARCELLSAccept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, ‘Do you think I’m Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?’ After that, they called me Tuna.
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Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
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I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you’ve been beaten down a few times.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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I’m glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, … It’s just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I’m happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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