Bill Parcells Quotes on Time (23 Quotes)

I'm just going to wait until the last minute, ... There's no use in not taking advantage of all the time. ... I probably wouldn't be too comfortable with his experience level without practicing. I think generally speaking, players need to practice some to have a chance to be successful. Now, there are exceptions.

I'm getting a little worried about him to tell you the truth. He needs the work. His baseline of practices is not that good and we're running out of practice time.

It's a different day and time, and he's much more experienced.

I think Drew has a lot of courage. He will hold onto the ball. The things I mention to him are to try to get rid of it on time if we can and that sacks, fumbles and interceptions are bad plays. Throwing the ball away is a good play.

Parcells said he challenged the players before the game, saying it was their responsibility to take what they have learned from the coaches in meetings and apply it onto the field. I told them, ... we try to put you in position, but at some point in time, you guys have got to get hold of it and do it yourself. I told them that if you are ever going to be any good, a coach has to be able to turn the game over to you... today is the day when you guys need to do that.

I do have much more confidence in Andre than I've had at any time then I've been here, ... His performance this summer was certainly has been superior than it was at any time.

All I know is that he was well thought of there, ... Coach Vermeil and I have been friends a long time. Coach Vermeil would not tell me anything that wasn't true, even in a competitive situation. He likes the player very much.

The entire offensive line is reliant on the center to make the proper calls, ... So I'm going to keep trying to work him in there. But if his time does diminish, that will be the reason. Physically, he's doing fine. But we can't afford to have an early snap and couple of mental errors in a short period of play time when everyone else in not making any.

That's a thought, ... I have considered that. No, I think he's going to get some time because he's earned it.

I think he's been over it a little while, the last three weeks or a month. Confidence-wise, I'm not sure where he was. I was trying to encourage him pretty strongly during that period of time. Finally, he got a little more room last week and did a pretty good job.

We're happy to win on the road. Any time you come some place on a Monday night, especially a rivalry like this, and you're able to win, you have to be very happy.

Once he went back in the first time, he couldn't push on the guy too much,

He just doesn't want to give up on the play. So, I'm trying to get him to throw it out on time as much as I can. I'm pretty hard on him about that.

He got beat, couldn't find the ball a couple times, got a penalty ... it just snowballs. If you can't forget, it's going to be hard for you to be successful. It isn't going to go good all the time.

If his time does diminish, that will be the reason, ... Physically, he's doing fine. But we can't afford to have an early snap, and couple of mental errors in a short period of playing time, when everyone else is not doing any.

It's not really a bad thing. Your team can eventually train itself to reduce the pressure feeling when you're in enough of these games. ... It can be very beneficial to be in hard-fought games all the time.

He has been, from time to time, a dynamic player. I'm going to try to get him more in the mix this year than he has been. We were trying to protect our corners a little bit more last year. But hopefully we can get him down in there and let him do what he does.

Everybody in the league goes through that from time to time, ... I have seen it so bad that you can't compete. ...That is just the way it is. On Monday morning, they just want to know who won.

I'll know when it's time. I'm sure there are other people thinking it's time already, but that's the nature of the business. But I'll know.

This is the time of the year when optimism runs high, and I'm looking forward to it,

Little things make a difference at the end, ... Those little penalties that we had that didn't seem important at the time, those two penalties were killers. We run the clock out if we don't get that last holding.

He needs the work. His baseline of practices is not that good and we're running out of practice time. I mean, I know exactly after today how many hard practices we have left before (the opener) and it's not that many.

We've certainly had our opportunities to win and lose all these games. If you let them go to the wire all the time and have the pressure on you to try to score or protect the lead every time, it's not going to work out. The law of averages catches up with you.