I'm looking forward to talking to Bill Parcells, too, and to seeing how that marriage with Jerry Jones goes.
Quotes about parcells (14 Quotes)
It's an exciting time, and I'm looking forward to it. I've enjoyed my three years in Dallas, and I've learned a lot from working with a coach like Bill Parcells.
He did not say anything about it. Nobody knew that he went out to Jersey today, and to bury his brother. We love Coach Parcells, and we'll always have his back.
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.
Here, with Shanahan, you take care of your body so you be fresher Sunday, so as an older guy you love it. Here, it's about tempo. But it's not just fans or media talking about it. Players know that Parcells, Coughlin, (Chiefs coach Dick) Vermeil, (Jaguars coach Jack) Del Rio, they're going to pound you before you ever play a game.
Coach Parcells keeps telling me to look at the big picture and not what's going on now. He's trying to build me to be the player he wants me to be.
That does not mean Parcells has changed his coaching philosophy. You can start to see it with the Cowboys now, ... It's the physical play. They like to run the football, they're not a mistake-prone team, and to a degree, they're not huge risk-takers. Everything is fundamentally sound. His approach has always been about fundamentals, and not coming up with hare-brained schemes.
The coaching staff seems great. They're fired up. They have direction. They look like they want discipline here. For somebody like me that comes from Bill Parcells, I can handle anything.
I think the world of Bill Parcells -- always have. But Bill Parcells, last time I checked, was under contract to the Dallas Cowboys. That's where it stays.
No doubt this was a tremendous win, ... It was great for us and great for Parcells. It was a difficult time for him personally. To pull out a win in that fashion was pretty important.
This is a chance for him to play for a great coach. Bill was very much part of this decision. Parcells has an outstanding record of taking high-profile players and having them understand what the locker room is about.
And I think he gained a lot more confidence in me this year. I showed him a lot more to instill confidence in me from his perspective.'' That certainly appears to be the case when you consider these quotes from Parcells about Romo on DallasCowboys.com
With a coach like (Parcells), he has his agenda, ... He had his guys in place and that's part of the business sometimes. It was good at the beginning, but this is a business and that is the kind of coach he is.
For me and Pete Kendall and some others, we have to win pretty quick, ... (Bill) Parcells used to say, 'There's no light at the end of the tunnel in training camp.' For us, the light is starting to shine and we want to get to the Super Bowl before the light gets all the way to us.