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

- Bill Parcells

Tell, Players, About, Interaction

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.

- Bill Parcells

Lucky, Been, Coached, Picked

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.

- Bill Parcells

Think, Tuna, Practical, Sucker

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

- Bill Parcells

I Am, Think, Miserable, Intend

If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.

- Bill Parcells

Someone, Lot, Means, Positive Way

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

- Bill Parcells

Think, I Think, Very, Clears

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.

- Bill Parcells

Like, Dealing, Teams, East Coast

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.

- Bill Parcells

Work, Go, Next, Blinders

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

- Bill Parcells

One Thing, About, Playing, Passing

I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.

- Bill Parcells

College, Fighting, Every, Windmill

I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.

- Bill Parcells

My Own, Like, Players, Establish

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.

- Bill Parcells

Late, Get, Players, Season

I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.

- Bill Parcells

Like, Too, Many, Collect

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.

- Bill Parcells

Legacy, I Think, Romeo, Group

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.

- Bill Parcells

Winning, Matter, Bowls, Stink

There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.

- Bill Parcells

New York, New, York, Disaster

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.

- Bill Parcells

Game, Other, Been, Great Friends

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

- Bill Parcells

Due, Affect, Would, Decisions

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

- Bill Parcells

Death, Have Fun, Fine, Life And Death

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.

- Bill Parcells

Game, Deal, Dealing, Problems

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

- Bill Parcells

People, Young, Like, Chuck

You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.

- Bill Parcells

Young, Old, Young Guy, Losses

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.

- Bill Parcells

Both Sides, Line, Had, Coaches

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

- Bill Parcells

Expected, Demanding, Toe, Mark

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.

- Bill Parcells

Young, Expected, Coached, Mark

By and large, I've been healthy all my life.

- Bill Parcells

My Life, Been, Large, All My Life

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.

- Bill Parcells

Trust, Problem, Vice, Vice Versa

If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.

- Bill Parcells

Trust, Problem, Vice, Vice Versa

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.

- Bill Parcells

Been, Very, Had, I Believe In

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.

- Bill Parcells

Been, Very, Had, I Believe In

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