76+ Bill Parcells Quotes On Quarterbacks, Potential And Strategic

Bill Parcells is an American football coach who has coached for various NFL teams. He is a two-time Super Bowl champion and is known for his tough coaching style and motivational techniques. Parcells is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and has been inducted into the New York Giants Ring of Honor. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Bill Parcells on quarterbacks, potential, strategic.

Top 10 Bill Parcells Quotes

1. Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
2. Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.
3. What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
4. A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
5. Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
6. 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!
7. Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
8. 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.
9. Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
10. 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.

Bill Parcells Short Quotes

• 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'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.
• Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
• Resourceful coaches strive to have more ways to win than the other team.
• I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.
• Creatures of similar plumages habitually congregate in places of closest proximity.
• You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
• Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.
• There are two sides to a pancake. One is brown and fluffy; the other is burnt.

Bill Parcells Quotes About Potential

Potential means you haven't done anything yet. — Bill Parcells

I think he's got good potential, but he needs a lot of work. — Bill Parcells

I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential. — Bill Parcells

You lose with potential. You win with performance. — Bill Parcells

I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception. — Bill Parcells

Bill Parcells Quotes About Players

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. — Bill Parcells

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

Something goes wrong, I yell at them -"Fix it"- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold. — Bill Parcells

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

You can only really yell at the players you trust. — Bill Parcells

Bill Parcells Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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

Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients. — Bill Parcells

All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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

I'd like to be somewhere near Lawrence Taylor so I can keep an eye on that sucker. — Bill Parcells

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition. — Bill Parcells

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

I'm a little superstitious. — Bill Parcells

I got more money than I can spend now. — Bill Parcells

I have a house in Saratoga Springs. — Bill Parcells

Don't ever let good enough be good enough. — Bill Parcells

This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming. — Bill Parcells

Knowledge is confidence. And confidence lets you play fast. — Bill Parcells

It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable. — Bill Parcells

God's been good to me, He really has. — Bill Parcells

I'm not trying to keep anybody happy. — Bill Parcells

You are what your record says you are. — Bill Parcells

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

Individuals play the game, but teams win championships. — Bill Parcells

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

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

My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that. — Bill Parcells

We're not playing solitaire out here. — Bill Parcells

The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons. — Bill Parcells

I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got. — Bill Parcells

You are what you are. — Bill Parcells

The media dwells mostly on negativity. — Bill Parcells

Some guys are just very, very interested in their sport and their predecessors. I know I was a guy like that when I was a young coach. I wanted to know about George Halas, I wanted to know about Jim Lee Howell, guys you don't even know. I wanted to know what they were like. So I read whatever I could get my hands on. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen? — Bill Parcells

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

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

I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college. — Bill Parcells

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. — Bill Parcells

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

Life Lessons by Bill Parcells

1. Bill Parcells taught the importance of discipline, hard work and dedication in order to achieve success.
2. He also emphasized the importance of building relationships and creating a strong team culture.
3. He believed in setting clear expectations and holding his players accountable to them in order to maximize their potential.