Bill Parcells quotes

If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me. (Bill Parcells)
Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.
Bill Parcells
If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.
Bill Parcells
You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
Bill Parcells
If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
Bill Parcells
You are what your record says you are.
Bill Parcells
I just try to do the best job I possibly can - put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can - you've put forth your greatest effort - then I can live with whatever's next.
Bill Parcells
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
Bill Parcells
I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
Bill Parcells
There is winning and there is misery.
Bill Parcells
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. (Bill Parcells)
When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.
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Success is never final, but failure can be.
Bill Parcells
I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.
Bill Parcells
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
Bill Parcells
You ask yourself, 'What do you want your legacy to be?' I'm content at this point to say, 'Those who follow me.' Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I've got a pretty good group, so far.
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I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.
Bill Parcells
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.
Bill Parcells
I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
Bill Parcells
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
Bill Parcells
I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones. (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
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
Bill Parcells
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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