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.
BILL PARCELLSI think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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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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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.
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I’m not really in the excuse business.
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I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don’t have any regard for anyone else’s perception.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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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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I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week.
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It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
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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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By and large, I’ve been healthy all my life.
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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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Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
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It’s a very easy thing to say, ‘Go get a backup quarterback.’ Now tell me where to get them. You just can’t dial them up.
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