Bill Parcells Quotes (220 Quotes)

When you're in close games like we are there, even the most insignificant penalty can hurt you. Two of those hurt us yesterday.

I'm not trying to make this more than it is, ... but this is not easy to do.

When you start thinking about going for it on fourth down and stuff like that ... you can't live with that's going on right now, the way it was.

We played 56 minutes and 51 seconds worth of pretty bad football, ... Hey, I feel fortunate. That's all I can tell you. I think we're lucky to win.

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

It's not just an opinion, ... We visually have the performance.

He's maturing. This is a tough transition this kid is making from a down defensive linemen in college to an outside linebacker in this type of defense in the pros. It's a physical transition and it's a mental transition.

Just say we were fortunate to win this one, we really were. I don't know whether they deserved to win any more than we did. I don't mean that in a negative way. I don't know whether they made enough plays either. But we certainly did a lot to hurt our chances.

I thought he was playing pretty well, ... He's had a few up and downs. That's a tough spot to play.

I'm not talking about any of that. When you're 64 years old, they can say anything they want. They're probably going to be pretty close to being right, someday.

It was a dumb thought process. The players bailed me out,

It's not a hard choice. It's nothing. I just feel like it has a chance to improve the operation, ... I think his communication with the quarterback is good. He seems to be efficient on the substitution on the plays. ... I'm trying to do everything I can to make the operation more efficient and better. That's been in place here since January.

Now listen, you can't write those code words I was using out there, understand That's strategy. I don't mind you writing about practice, but don't give away anything. I saw you out there.

The only thing I didn't know was where his heart is, ... You don't know when you haven't been around a guy for a while.

I thought (Henson) did all right under the circumstances. He just had a little trouble recognizing some things. There was a tough situation for him. Hopefully he'll grow from there. He needs a lot of work.

I thought they (offensive line) did a good job, ... Berry's a good player, but I thought our tackles came back and played well.

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.

It's pretty difficult to change personnel in light of what we have. We're not making a lot of mental errors. Offensively, we didn't make very many mental errors at all. You just hope that you can improve your execution. We're not turning guys loose. (On Sunday) we just got physically beat up.

Not making the playoffs would be a disappointment to me. Last year, a couple of teams got in with eight, but this year, we're not that fortunate.

We did a pretty good job today - fighting. This team has fought hard all year. You can say what you want about them. We're not the best team in the league, but we fight pretty hard. That took a lot of guts. I'm proud of them.

Hey, I'm an East Coast guy, ... I've always been, I always will be. Most of my family - in fact, all of my family - is in that area, so from that point of view, you're paying a price to be here. At my age, I'm not getting any younger, you don't get to see and do a lot of things, but that's my choice. That's what I decided to do, and I'm quite happy I did it.

I am trying to play mistake free, ... Like for example, this year in 22 games where a team was plus-1 in turnovers, they won 18 of them. If we keep doing what we are doing we are going to win our share. I know that. If we keep getting turnovers and minus plays, and we don't have them, we are going to win our share.

I would say that you have to go down to the top five or six (draft spots) and I would put them all in the curse category.

It's not what one guy can't do and what one guy can do, ... It's more of 'How do you get a little bit out of both of them.' That is really what I am trying to do. There is no point giving one guy 70 plays and 15 special teams plays when you can take 20 away from him and give them to somebody else. Usually your performance is better if you do that.

I think he kind of tweaked it a little bit. He's just not getting around. I'm getting a little worried about him to tell you the truth.

Coming into training camp, I had my doubts about him. He was a classic example of somebody who didn't have a clue. Now he has a much better idea.

I just hope he can give us a little contribution for four or five games. He's just got to go a month, so maybe we can get him through that.

But I am concerned because next Sunday, if he misses that game, it'll be 11 12 games he's missed out of 24. You got to be a little concerned.

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.

There was a lot of emotion for me today. I don't mean to dwell on that. I got a message today that said, 'Don't have a troubled heart.' And I don't. I've got those guys in there.

I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to continue what we have started here. The Cowboys organization has been the fairest of fair to me, and hopefully I can repay them with an improved performance.

Everyone needs to have a reliable kicker in the NFL, ... The games are too close. You just have to have one.

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.

That is important, not because we brought them in but because they are here now and seem to be capable of making plays for us,

We just let them overpower us a couple of times. Their defense played well. We did not really block them that well.

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.

We just had to do something. He just couldn't make them in practice either. We just couldn't live with the way it was.

I do think I would use him if I felt like the situation warranted whether it would be lopsided or not. I have confidence in the player.

I told him a little bit about our receiving structure and what I thought he could add to it, ... I talked to him a little bit about where he is in his career.

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.

This is a little bit like the yips in golf. He can do it. It's the pressure of the situation, I think, is starting to get to him. And then the more problems he has, the worse the situation got.

I told him, I said 'You can play on my team.' Which he can. I feel good about him. He's doing well in the 3-4, no problem at all.

Trying to get his diapers off, ... Having a little trouble, but we'll get them off.

I've always liked the kid since we got him here last year, ... I think he's doing a good job. He made some plays the other night, he really did. He's active. And he's the biggest of the group inside.

He's a good player, that kid. I'm sure he was trying to put a little pressure on his team to respond positively.

That's going to be Anthony Thomas going into San Diego, ... He's obviously the most experienced. He knows how to play the game better than these young kids do. If Julius gets hurt, that's who's going in.

We have a lot of history together and it's all been good, ... I have a high regard for Tom, everyone knows that. He's a great competitor. We're on opposite sides of the fence right now, but that doesn't have anything to do with how I feel about him personally or how I think he feels about me.

Don't worry about it. It's just a bunch of guys with an odd-shaped ball.

What I do know is that I have to have someone to cover kickoffs. That's obvious. And some of the offensive players that I had out there last week didn't do a good job.

We thought we might need more defensive linemen up, so I kept Ratliff up,