Bill Parcells Quotes (220 Quotes)


    We are facing the top offense in the league, ... They are running for 166 yards a game, and have a balance that we haven't seen yet. They have a very good offensive line, a very good runner and a good, experienced quarterback. They are going to give us a lot of trouble and this is, balance-wise, the best offense we've played.

    Actually, his running, his ability, really isn't much different, ... But his preparation has been quite a bit different. I think he's much stronger physically now. I think Julius has really absorbed a lot of things that I've tried to tell him. I'm talking about peripheral things. I'm not talking about the Xs and Os.

    could have been better than 5-3 and we could have been worse as well. I am not saying I'm satisfied with it. There is a lot of football left.

    If youre keeping them on the team, you have to use them, ... You dont have much choice. We have a lot of them active, and you have to put them in there. Thats what were trying to do.

    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.


    I thought he was serviceable in terms of what he did, ... He did a pretty good job running when he had his hands on the ball. He made one mistake.

    You've got to learn to close the show. We didn't do that.

    I do ask for his opinion, but every once in a while I give him a reminder. I like him very much. I'll tell you one thing about him that goes unnoticed - this is a really tough guy.

    Some of those 'in-game adjustments' might have been what it was supposed to be to start with, ... And that's the truth.

    I don't think the young guys have any what the Redskins-Cowboys mean, ... I don't think they do. They're going to have to find that one out first-hand as well.

    I just hope we can get him to play efficiently. He did a pretty good job last year once they got all the pieces in play in Buffalo and that's not the easiest place to play quarterback.

    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.

    I don't know if it's going to be full-time, but he is going to be out there ... He will be out there on punt coverage.

    When you get into this situation, a kind of last-minute thing, you're looking for someone who can replace a majority of the plays of the person you lost. Obviously some new guy that didn't know the system couldn't do that, ... Can he do everything Probably not everything, but I thought and I think the organization felt the same way, that he could do enough.

    We'll have to talk that over a little bit, ... I might have something for you tomorrow. I'm not sure. We're going to work out some more kickers shortly. I'll let you know.

    He didn't think he did anything wrong. But he found out that he did.

    You've got to have a good guy there. He needs to take control of that situation because he's a definite leadership capacity there.

    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.

    (We) got a few guys nicked up, but we have a little time to get well maybe and see where we go. Singleton broke his shouldercollar bone. He will probably he done. I'm not sure about that, but he probably will be.

    Of course, Drew played well and did a lot of things we wanted him to do. That's what we expect out of him. But I thought he did a good job of leading us there. He did a good job.


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