Bill Parcells Quotes

Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.

Confidence is only born out of one thing ­ demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.

You are what your record says you are.

If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.

The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.

Don't ever let good enough be good enough.

You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning

What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.

A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.

Potential means you haven't done anything yet.

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

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.

A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart

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

You lose with potential. You win with performance.

Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.

A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed.

Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!

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.

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

There is winning and there is misery.

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.

It's better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you're weak, you're likely to be wrong anyway.

Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy

Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

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

My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.

Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked

It's a very easy thing to say, 'Go get a backup quarterback.' Now tell me where to get them. You just can't dial them up.

You can only really yell at the players you trust.

Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.

All you have to do is play better than the other guy and things go well. If you don't play better than the other players then somebody takes your place. Now a lot of guys, in this day and time with the transient nature of the sport, as soon as the competition gets too good, they want out.

Well, I've had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they've been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I've used them for many, many years.

In the end, I've found, people like the direct approach. It's much more valuable to them to have a leader who's absolutely clear and open than to have one who soft-soaps or talks in circles.

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

You can't dream up confidence. Confidence is born of demonstrated ability.

Never let the world define you as less than Great.

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

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'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'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.

Success is never final, but failure can be.

I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.

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

The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.