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Bill Parcells [1941-0] American

Rank: 101
Coach, Football coach

Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells, also known as The Big Tuna, is a former American football coach, best known as a head coach in the National Football League for 19 seasons.

Trust, Chance, Death, Failure, Positive, Relationship

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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.		101
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.		102
I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.		103
You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.		104
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.		105
If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing.		106
There is winning and there is misery.		107
If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.	Death	108
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.		109
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.		110
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.		111
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.		112
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.		113
Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.		114
By and large, I've been healthy all my life.		115
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.		116
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.		117
If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.	Trust	118
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.		119
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.	Chance	120
Success is never final, but failure can be.	Failure	121
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.		122
If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.		123
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.		124
So if the players trust the coach, it's not a problem. If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.	Trust	125
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.		126
I'm not really in the excuse business.		201
Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?		202
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.		203
I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.		204
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.	Positive	205
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.	Relationship	206
I just coach the way I was coached when I was young, in my formative years. I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.		207
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.	Trust	208
You are what you are.		209
I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.		210
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.		211
The media dwells mostly on negativity.		212
I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.		213
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.		214
Even when you're successful, even when you win the game, about an hour after the game, you have a litany of things that you now deal with that are problematic... So the times that you are happy are minute compared to the time that you're dealing with problems.		215
The fans, with all due respect, they don't affect the decisions I would make as a coach.		216
I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.		217
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.		218
I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those kind of things. I like that variable.		219
Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.		220
I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.		221
I am demanding.		222
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.		223
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.		224
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.		225
I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.		226
I'm a little superstitious.		301
I don't think, I don't intend to make people miserable. I am demanding.		302
I love football; I enjoy it. That's why I've been in this game as many years as I have. I still like it. I get excited about it.		303
I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.		304
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.		305
The NFL has been good to me.		306
I got more money than I can spend now.		307
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.		308
When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.		309

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