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A coach wouldn’t throw you to the wolves if he didn’t think you had some wolf in you.
It's a lot easier to lose than it is to win. It's easier, but it's not more comfortable.
The fans, with all due respect, they don't affect the decisions I would make as a coach.
I don't like celebrity quarterbacks. We don't need those. We need battlefield commanders.
Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.
It's better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you're weak, you're likely to be wrong anyway.
I'm trying to keep my own house from burning down. I can't worry about someone else's house.
I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
All the backs in the history of this game are the same when there isn't any hole to run through.
This season isn't going to be without several crises. There's no doubt about it. They're coming.
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability.
Any penalty - I've told you a hundred times - can be eliminated by concentration or good judgment.
If they want you to cook the dinner, at least they ought to let you shop for some of the groceries.
I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.
The more you prepare beforehand, the more relaxed and creative and effective you’ll be when it counts.
Accept false steps as opportunities to learn. It's one thing to hate failure, it's another to fear it.
What sets disciplined people apart? - The capacity to get past distractions. Focus on the task at hand.
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.
My expectations are greater than the average fan's but, I'm more realistic than the top prognosticators.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.
When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.
I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got.
Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy
The time to worry is before you place the bet - not after the wheel is spinning. Once it spins, you forget about it.
A team divided against itself can break down at any moment. The least bit of pressure or adversity will crack it apart
You can easily separate 'team guys' from 'me guys' by how they accept coaching. The guys that accept it are about winning
Hey fellas! This is what you work all off season for. This is why you lift all them weights! This is why you do all that!
It's a very easy thing to say, 'Go get a backup quarterback.' Now tell me where to get them. You just can't dial them up.
Give role players love. Praise can be most valuable when it’s merited by someone whose supporting role is often overlooked
Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.
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.
I talked to the team a lot about staying power. You never find out if you have that until you've been beaten down a few times.
I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's perception.
Something goes wrong, I yell at them -'Fix it'- whether it's their fault or not. You can only really yell at the players you trust.
If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.
I've been around enough to know what it takes to get a team to reach its potential, and I want players who want to reach their potential.
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.
Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients.
The thing I really look for in this business is there are guys who are into football and there are guys who are in the profession for other reasons.
My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.
I'll call somebody 'dumb' or 'stupid' if they make a dumb or stupid play. I don't know any other word for it, and if they don't like the word, that's too bad.
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.
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.
The quarterback is in charge of the chuck wagon. He's handing it out here and there, but he can't just throw it out there indiscriminately or the wolves will get him.
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.
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.
I have always felt like you really don't have a genuine confidence unless you demonstrate the ability to do something. You can talk about it, but you have to demonstrate it.
My entire life has been spent thinking about this game. That's pretty narrow... I don't view myself as a person who's well-versed in very many subjects. I'm not proud of that.
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.