My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
BILL PARCELLSMy expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
BILL PARCELLSWhen 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.
BILL PARCELLSAccept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
BILL PARCELLSLook, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.
BILL PARCELLSI’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
BILL PARCELLSYou get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
BILL PARCELLSDon’t ever let good enough be good enough.
BILL PARCELLSI don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
BILL PARCELLSThere is winning and there is misery.
BILL PARCELLSAll the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
BILL PARCELLSMy entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That’s pretty narrow… I don’t view myself as a person who’s well-versed in very many subjects. I’m not proud of that.
BILL PARCELLSDon’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
BILL PARCELLSWhen Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
BILL PARCELLSI have a house in Saratoga Springs.
BILL PARCELLSYou are what your record says you are.
BILL PARCELLSI grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
BILL PARCELLS