A biography for Bill Parcellshasn’t been written yet.
“I'm not really in the excuse business.”
“Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.”
“The NFL has been good to me.”
“You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.”
“Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.”
“I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.”
“The media dwells mostly on negativity.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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'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.”
“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.”
“I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.”
“By and large, I've been healthy all my life.”
“I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.”
“If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.”
“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.”
“There is winning and there is misery.”
“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.”