Potential means you haven’t done anything yet.
BILL PARCELLSI’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
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There is winning and there is misery.
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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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I’ve been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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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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If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
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There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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I don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.
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I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn’t any hole to run through.
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I’m a little superstitious.
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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
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Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?
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Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
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Any penalty – I’ve told you a hundred times – can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
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If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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I’m trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can’t worry about someone else’s house.
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