You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.
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.
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.
Success is never final, but failure can be.
You are what you are.
I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.
I have a house in Saratoga Springs.
Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.
There is winning and there is misery.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.
Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.
I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.
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.
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.
Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?
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.
If you've ever won a championship, then that's all you're interested in doing.
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.
If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.
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.
I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.
You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.
I got more money than I can spend now.
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 you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.
The fans, with all due respect, they don't affect the decisions I would make as a coach.
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'm not really in the excuse business.
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.
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're sensitive, you will have a hard time with 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.
When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.
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.
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'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.
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.
Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.
I don't think, I don't intend to make people miserable. I am demanding.
The media dwells mostly on negativity.
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.
I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.
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.
If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.
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.
When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.
I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
