Bill Parcells

Coach

1941-08-22

Quotes by Bill Parcells

• I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

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• When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.

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• I'm a little superstitious.

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• There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.

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• I just coach the way I was coached when I was young, in my formative years. I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

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• I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

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• When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.

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• You as an individual coach have a responsibility to try to give those players who put themselves at risk and in harm's way a chance to achieve success, and that goes for universities and professional teams, as well.

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• 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.

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• I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.

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• I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.

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• No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you're not winning now, so you stink.

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• 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.

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• You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.

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