217 Quotes by Bill Parcells

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

My expectations are greater than the average fan’s but, I’m more realistic than the top prognosticators.

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

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.

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

I love the game. I think it’s a great game because you find out a lot about yourself. You test your mettle every week. There’s no grey area, there’s instant gratification and there are no quarterly reports. We’re not just doing a little bit better. You know every Sunday what happened.

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.

I’m not really in the excuse business.

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.