I'm sure that any current or past player of mine would tell you that the balls we practice with are as bad as they can be: wet, sticky, cold, slippery. However bad we can make them, I make them. Any time that players complain about the quality of the footballs, I make them worse and that stops the complaining.
Bill BelichickMental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you.
Bill BelichickIf you sit back & spend too much time feeling good about what you did in the past, you're going to come up short next time
Bill BelichickI told you the one change we would make in the initial start level of the football pressure, but that's really about it.
Bill BelichickWe've been cooperative with the NFL investigation. We'll continue to do so and we will turn all our attention and focus on to the Seattle Seahawks, a very well coached, talented, tough, competitive football team.
Bill BelichickI think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle. They have a great running back - they have a great group of running backs - but Lynch obviously is really kind of in a class by himself. The quarterback's a problem, the receivers are a problem, they have a good offensive line.
Bill Belichick