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
After his first year, there were a lot people (doubting him). But he fought them off. He did a pretty good job.
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
In the end, I've found, people like the direct approach. It's much more valuable to them to have a leader who's absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles.
What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
I don't think, I don't intend to make people miserable. I am demanding.
When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.
He was one of my best friends. . . . Those are the people you can count on the fingers of one hand.
I'm not a bus-station kind of guy, but there are a few players here I'm not sure want to be here. They've got a brook-trout kind of look.
It was a dumb thought process. The players bailed me out.
I'm not satisfied with the position. I don't think we're solid yet.
I'm not overly proud of 9-7. I'm really not. It really wasn't a good performance. It was one of those where you don't have much good to say. I'm just disappointed.
I'm disappointed with the outcome, I'm not disappointed with the effort. I thought we played pretty solid on defense, until that last run.
Not at all. He was just throwing it indiscriminately then.
Contract extension? Well, when it's appropriate, we'll see. I don't want to talk about that either.