The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

- 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.

- 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

Success is never final, but failure can be.

- Bill Parcells

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

- Bill Parcells

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

- Bill Parcells

By and large, I've been healthy all my life.

- 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 as an individual coach have a responsibility to try to give those players who put themselves at risk and in harm's way a chance to achieve success, and that goes for universities and professional teams, as well.

- Bill Parcells

Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.

- Bill Parcells

God's been good to me, He really has. I don't know why he picked me out... Just think about it: I virtually coached in my hometown. From the middle of the Meadowlands field, it can't be but a couple of miles. I was lucky to do that.

- Bill Parcells

No matter how much you've won, no matter how many games, no matter how many championships, no matter how many Super Bowls, you're not winning now, so you stink.

- 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

There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.

- Bill Parcells

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.

- Bill Parcells

There is winning and there is misery.

- Bill Parcells

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

- Bill Parcells

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

- Bill Parcells

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

- Bill Parcells

If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing.

- Bill Parcells