Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients.
Bill ParcellsI spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.
Bill ParcellsA team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
Bill ParcellsGive role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
Bill ParcellsNo 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.
Bill ParcellsI see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got.
Bill ParcellsLosers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
Bill ParcellsThis season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming.
Bill ParcellsIf 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 ParcellsI just try to do the best job I possibly can - put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can - you've put forth your greatest effort - then I can live with whatever's next.
Bill ParcellsI don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.
Bill ParcellsI don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
Bill ParcellsYou can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning
Bill ParcellsIf they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
Bill ParcellsI'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 ParcellsWinning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
Bill ParcellsAccept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
Bill ParcellsIt's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable.
Bill ParcellsIt's better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you're weak, you're likely to be wrong anyway.
Bill ParcellsConfidence is only born out of one thing demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.
Bill ParcellsSomething 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 ParcellsIn 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.
Bill ParcellsSome guys are just very, very interested in their sport and their predecessors. I know I was a guy like that when I was a young coach. I wanted to know about George Halas, I wanted to know about Jim Lee Howell, guys you don't even know. I wanted to know what they were like. So I read whatever I could get my hands on.
Bill ParcellsWell, I've had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they've been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I've used them for many, many years.
Bill ParcellsWhen you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.
Bill ParcellsI 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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