There's Parcells, then everyone else
Posted: Tuesday October 20, 1998 03:07 PM
Hi, I'm Bill Parcells and you're nobody. I know everything and you know
nothing.
How many teams have you coached to the Super Bowl? Next question.
I walk into a room and a football team immediately is about 14 points
better than it was before. I even walk out of the room and the team is
better. Did you catch that little act last week when I took my assistants
and left the practice field? Let the boys stew in their miserable juices
for a while. Let them think about themselves. Did you catch the Monday
night result? Hah. New York
Jets 24, New England
Patriots 14. Hah.
If I were coaching the Patriots and you -- or that Pete Carroll guy or Amos
Alonzo Stagg or anybody -- were coaching the Jets, what do you think the
result would have been? Next question.
I'm going to tell you this once and only once: The best motivation in all
of sports is fear. Get that little edge of nervousness working in a guy's
soul and he's going to sing like he never sang before. Understand? A slap
on the back isn't nearly as efficient as a good slap on the back of the
head. This is a man's game and I know how to manipulate men. I know when to
walk, when to talk, when to pull the levers to get the electricity working.
Understand?
I'm Bill Parcells. I'm the best in this football business. Now stop
bothering me.
Sports Illustrated senior writer Leigh Montville appears regularly on
CNN/Sports Illustrated.
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