I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
BILL PARCELLSThere’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not proud of those.
More Bill Parcells Quotes
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Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
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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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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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I don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
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I’ll call somebody ‘dumb’ or ‘stupid’ if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don’t know any other word for it, and if they don’t like the word, that’s too bad.
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You are what your record says you are.
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You can only really yell at the players you trust.
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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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I see a little progress, … So as long as I keep seeing that, then I’m willing to give him everything I’ve got.
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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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You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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Don’t tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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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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In the end, I’ve found, people like the direct approach. It’s much more valuable to them to have a leader who’s absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles.
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