black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.

Bill Parcells

I have always felt like you really don’t have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
BILL PARCELLS

Ability Confidence Insightful Like Something You
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Balls Happy Preseason Sharp Team Winning
There is winning and there is misery.
BILL PARCELLS

Misery Sports Winning
You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
BILL PARCELLS

Game Inspiring Football Trying
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
BILL PARCELLS

Affected Mean Way
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 PARCELLS

Coaching Player Think Thinking
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Backup Easy Quarterback
My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.
BILL PARCELLS

Average Expectations Prognosticators Sports
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Athlete Care Competition
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
BILL PARCELLS

Dwell Media Negativity
Something goes wrong, I yell at them -‘Fix it’- whether it’s their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
BILL PARCELLS

Faults Player Something Trust Wrong
It’s a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It’s easier, but it’s not more comfortable.
BILL PARCELLS

Comfortable Easier Winning
Don’t ever let good enough be good enough.
BILL PARCELLS

Enough Good Letting
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.
BILL PARCELLS

Football Guy Looks Profession Reason
There’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.
BILL PARCELLS

Coaches Ems Little Player Tantrums Temper
If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
BILL PARCELLS

Player Problem Vices

A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Parcells Quotes