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
That's unusual for that team not to hit the quarterback, ... They usually do that a lot. They didn't hit him once, so I was happy about that.
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.
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'm glad we were able to win this last one. I saw some good things tonight, ... It's just preseason, but we ran the ball good. I'm happy about that, and the first-team offense was pretty sharp.
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.
Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.
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.
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.
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning
A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
Contract extension? Well, when it's appropriate, we'll see. I don't want to talk about that either.