Quotes By Bill Parcells

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

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

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.

I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.

I am demanding.

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.

Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.

My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.

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

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.

If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.

There is winning and there is misery.

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

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

I'm not really in the excuse business.

Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?

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.

I got more money than I can spend now.

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

Success is never final, but failure can be.

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.

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.

The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.

I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.

There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.

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.

When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.

I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.

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.