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
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.
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.
I have always felt like you really don't have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
We're not playing solitaire out here.
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.
I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
Anybody who watched football last year knows they're good. But that represents a very good opportunity for us. It really does. I think somehow, if we're able to pull that off, I think it will go a long way for our confidence. I look at it as a great opportunity, and hopefully we'll be at our best when we get there.
It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable.
I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.
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.
I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times.
There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.
This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming.
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.