Bill Parcells
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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 August 1941
CityEnglewood, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Bill Parcells quotes about
Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
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.
Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.
You can only really yell at the players you trust.
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
Potential means you haven't done anything yet.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
A good teacher creates an environment which allows the student to succeed.
Don't tell me about the pain. Show me the baby.
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.
If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
Don't ever let good enough be good enough.
A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.