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
We're not playing solitaire out here.
This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming.
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
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.
I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.
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.
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!
I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.