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
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.
The fans, with all due respect, they don't affect the decisions I would make as a coach.
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.
You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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.
I'm a little superstitious.
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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.
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
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.
I am demanding.
I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.
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.
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.
If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.
When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.
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.
If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing.
I don't think, I don't intend to make people miserable. I am demanding.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
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.
If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
The NFL has been good to me.
I'm not really in the excuse business.
By and large, I've been healthy all my life.
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.
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.
If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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.
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.
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.
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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.
I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.
I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.
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.
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.
I got more money than I can spend now.
Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
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.
