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
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!
Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
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.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.
A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed.
Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
You lose with potential. You win with performance.
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.
Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast.
If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
Don't ever let good enough be good enough.