Quotes by Bill Parcells

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

Bill Parcells

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

Bill Parcells

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.

Bill Parcells

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

Bill Parcells

I don't think, I don't intend to make people miserable. I am demanding.

Bill Parcells

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

Bill Parcells

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.

Bill Parcells

When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.

Bill Parcells

Even when you're successful, even when you win the game, about an hour after the game, you have a litany of things that you now deal with that are problematic... So the times that you are happy are minute compared to the time that you're dealing with...

Bill Parcells

If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

Bill Parcells

When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.

Bill Parcells

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.

Bill Parcells

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.

Bill Parcells

If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

Bill Parcells

So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

Bill Parcells

I got more money than I can spend now.

Bill Parcells

The fans, with all due respect, they don't affect the decisions I would make as a coach.

Bill Parcells

If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.

Bill Parcells

Author Bio

  • NameBill Parcells
  • DescriptionAmerican football coach
  • BornAugust 22, 1941
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSports Coach