Bill Parcells
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.Collection: Trust
I 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.Collection: Best
Well, 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.Collection: Relationship
Success is never final, but failure can be.Collection: Failure
You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.
I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
The fans, with all due respect, they don't affect the decisions I would make as a coach.
I 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.
No 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.
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
Even when you're successful, even when you win the game, about an hour after the game, you have a litany of things that you now deal with that are problematic... So the times that you are happy are minute compared to the time that you're dealing with problems.
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.
I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.
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 don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
I got more money than I can spend now.
If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.
By and large, I've been healthy all my life.
If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
I'm not really in the excuse business.
Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.
So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
The NFL has been good to me.
I am demanding.
If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing.
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.
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.
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
You are what you are.
I don't think, I don't intend to make people miserable. I am demanding.
There is winning and there is misery.
God's been good to me, He really has. I don't know why he picked me out... Just think about it: I virtually coached in my hometown. From the middle of the Meadowlands field, it can't be but a couple of miles. I was lucky to do that.
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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.
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.
I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.