Success is never final, but failure can be.

I am demanding.

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.

I spent a lot of time with my teams, especially in the East Coast teams, talking about dealing with the elements a lot of time, and a lot of instruction about field position and those...

I’m not trying to keep anybody happy.

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 don’t look at a problem and put variables in there that don’t affect it.

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a quarterback who thinks playing quarterback is just about passing.

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.

The fans, with all due respect, they don’t affect the decisions I would make as a coach.

If you have fun, fine. It’s not all life and death.

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

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

There’s a line, players usually don’t cross it and coaches usually don’t cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had ’em. I’m not...

The media dwells mostly on negativity.

Nowadays, if you are afraid of confrontation, you are not going to do very well.

I love football; I enjoy it. That’s why I’ve been in this game as many years as I have. I still like it. I get excited about it.

I was fighting every windmill, especially when I was in college.

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.

You as an individual coach have a responsibility to try to give those players who put themselves at risk and in harm’s way a chance to achieve success, and that goes for universities and professional...

I’m not really in the excuse business.

I’m a little superstitious.

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, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I’m no different.

You ask yourself, ‘What do you want your legacy to be?’ I’m content at this point to say, ‘Those who follow me.’ Romeo Crennel, Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, to name a few. I think I’ve...

If I have affected someone in a positive way, that means a lot to me.

If you’re sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.

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 like linebackers. I collect ’em. You can’t have too many good ones.

You don’t get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

God’s been good to me, He really has. I don’t know why he picked me out… Just think about it: I virtually coached in my hometown. From the middle of the Meadowlands field, it can’t...

I can’t live my life worrying about something that might never happen.

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.

Even when you’re successful, even when you win the game, about an hour after the game, you have a litany of things that you now deal with that are problematic… So the times that you...

I got more money than I can spend now.

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 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.

If you’ve ever won a championship, then that’s all you’re interested in doing.

You get too old to lose. When you were a young guy, you bounced back from losses.

There are two things in New York, euphoria and disaster.

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly...

Usually older players, late in the season, start to get cold.

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.

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.

Why would you live your life worrying about something that’s not going to happen?

When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.

I think confrontation is healthy, because it clears the air very quickly.

When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.