217 Quotes by Bill Parcells

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.

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.

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

The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He’s handing it out here and there, but he can’t just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.

If the players don’t trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

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

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 don’t like celebrity quarterbacks. We don’t need those. We need battlefield commanders.