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.”

“The fans, with all due respect, they don't affect the decisions I would make as a coach.”

“When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.”

“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.”

“I don't think, I don't intend to make people miserable. I am demanding.”

“I can't live my life worrying about something that might never 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.”

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

“Why would you live your life worrying about something that's not going to happen?”

“Success is never final, but failure can be.”

“You are what you are.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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 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.”

“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.”

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

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