Bill Parcells Quotes & Sayings

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing. — Bill Parcells

The media dwells mostly on negativity. — Bill Parcells

There is winning and there is misery. — Bill Parcells

I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker, — Bill Parcells

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

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

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

A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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

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. — Bill Parcells

I 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. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

The NFL has been good to me. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

I love football; I enjoy it. That's why I've been in this game as many years as I have. I still like it. I get excited about it. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

I don't think, I don't intend to make people miserable. I am demanding. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy. — Bill Parcells

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

I have a house in Saratoga Springs. — Bill Parcells

Don't ever let good enough be good enough. — Bill Parcells

You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning — Bill Parcells

I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders. — Bill Parcells

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

If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me. — Bill Parcells

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

I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college. — Bill Parcells

The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it. — Bill Parcells

Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it. — Bill Parcells

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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! — Bill Parcells

A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed. — Bill Parcells

This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming. — Bill Parcells

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

I'm a little superstitious. — Bill Parcells

I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to. — Bill Parcells

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

When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous. — Bill Parcells

I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people. — Bill Parcells

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

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. — Bill Parcells

By and large, I've been healthy all my life. — Bill Parcells

Success is never final, but failure can be. — Bill Parcells

Individuals play the game, but teams win championships. — Bill Parcells

If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries. — Bill Parcells

A coach wouldn't throw you to the wolves if he didn't think you had some wolf in you. — Bill Parcells

I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work. — Bill Parcells

Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby. — Bill Parcells

Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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

You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses. — Bill Parcells

If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing. — Bill Parcells

You are what your record says you are. — Bill Parcells

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

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 Parcells

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

Never let the world define you as less than Great. — Bill Parcells

I got more money than I can spend now. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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

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. — Bill Parcells

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you'll be when it counts. — Bill Parcells

Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it's merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked — Bill Parcells

The fans, with all due respect, they don't affect the decisions I would make as a coach. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win. — Bill Parcells

I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen. — Bill Parcells

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

It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable. — Bill Parcells

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

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

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

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. — Bill Parcells

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

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. — Bill Parcells

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly. — Bill Parcells

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

There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt. — Bill Parcells

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

I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got. — Bill Parcells

God's been good to me, He really has. — Bill Parcells

Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen? — Bill Parcells

You as an individual coach have a responsibility to try to give those players who put themselves at risk and in harm's way a chance to achieve success, and that goes for universities and professional teams, as well. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something. — Bill Parcells

I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL. — Bill Parcells

Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy — Bill Parcells

I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it. — Bill Parcells

I'm not really in the excuse business. — Bill Parcells

When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me. — Bill Parcells

You lose with potential. You win with performance. — Bill Parcells

We're not playing solitaire out here. — Bill Parcells