Bill Parcells
Bill Parcells
Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells is a former American football head coach, both in college with the Air Force Falcons, and the National Football League with the New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets, and Dallas Cowboys and is currently a "Courtesy Consultant" for the Cleveland Browns. He is known as "The Big Tuna", a nickname about the shape of his physique derived from a team joke during his tenure as linebackers coach of the New England Patriots...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 August 1941
CityEnglewood, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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.
Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
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'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.
Success is never final, but failure can be.
If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.
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.
I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker,
My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
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.
Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.