Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
BILL PARCELLSThe media dwells mostly on negativity.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
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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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We’re not playing solitaire out here.
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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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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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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don’t care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
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Well, I’ve had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they’ve been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I’ve used them for many, many years.
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The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
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Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It’s one thing to hate failure, it’s another to fear it.
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My 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.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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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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