Bill Parcells Quotes

Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.

What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.

I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times.

The media dwells mostly on negativity.

Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast.

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.

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

Success is never final, but failure can be.

Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

I got more money than I can spend now.

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

We're not playing solitaire out here.

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

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. There's no grey area, there's instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We're not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.

I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.

Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

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.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.

Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.

There is winning and there is misery.

I'm a little superstitious.

Don't ever let good enough be good enough.

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.

Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.

Never let the world define you as less than Great.

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.

All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through.

There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.

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

Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.

My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.

I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.

All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.

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.

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.

You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.

I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker.

If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

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.

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.

Part of buying the groceries is having a philosophy and trying to stick to it as best you can, knowing that occasionally you may make an exception. But, you do so knowing you're attempting to do it for a certain reason and you have to be very careful not to try to make too many exceptions, because then you wind up as a franchise with a team full of exceptions, which is not what you want.

Anybody who watched football last year knows they're good. But that represents a very good opportunity for us. It really does. I think somehow, if we're able to pull that off, I think it will go a long way for our confidence. I look at it as a great opportunity, and hopefully we'll be at our best when we get there.

My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.

I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.

If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.