Top 117 Quotes & Sayings by Bill Parcells

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American coach Bill Parcells.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells is an American former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He rose to prominence as the head coach of the New York Giants from 1983 to 1990, where he won two Super Bowl titles. Parcells was later the head coach of the New England Patriots from 1993 to 1996, the New York Jets from 1997 to 1999, and the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2006. Nicknamed "The Big Tuna", he is the only NFL coach to lead four different franchises to the playoffs and three to a conference championship game.

American - Coach | Born: August 22, 1941

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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

Bill Parcells

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

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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

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

Bill Parcells

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

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

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

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.

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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.

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The NFL has been good to me.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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

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

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.

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

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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.

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There is winning and there is misery.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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You are what you are.

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I just coach the way I was coached when I was young, in my formative years. I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

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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.

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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.

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I'm not really in the excuse business.

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I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.

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

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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.

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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

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

Bill Parcells

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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Success is never final, but failure can be.

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

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