“You lose with potential. You win with performance.”

Something goes wrong, I yell at them -‘Fix it’- whether it’s their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.

You are what your record says you are.

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.

We’re not playing solitaire out here.

I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.

Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy

Success is never final, but failure can be.

What sets disciplined people apart? – The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.

My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.

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.

Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.

You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.

Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.

If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

Never let the world define you as less than Great.

He who fights, can lose. He who doesn’t fight, has already lost.

My goal, with whatever I’m working on, is to lose track of time.

When you have everything, you have everything to lose.

Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.

I must be doing something right. I was raised to stand up to the bully in the schoolyard, and you don’t lose that.

Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.

For he who loses all often easily loses himself.

Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.