“By and large, I've been healthy all my life.”

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

“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 be but a couple of miles. I was lucky to do that.”

“I am demanding.”

“I can't live my life worrying about something that might never happen.”

“I don't have to make examples out of players to establish my own place. I don't feel like I have to.”

“I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.”

“I got more money than I can spend now.”

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

“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 can - you've put forth your greatest effort - then I can live with whatever's next.”

“I like linebackers. I collect 'em. You can't have too many good ones.”

“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 kind of things. I like that variable.”

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

“I think there are a lot of good people, a lot of good football guys in the NFL.”

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

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

“If the players don't trust the coach, it is a problem, and vice versa.”

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

“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.”

“If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.”

“If you're sensitive, you will have a hard time with me.”

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

“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'm a little superstitious.”

“I'm not really in the excuse business.”

“I'm not trying to keep anybody happy.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Success is never final, but failure can be.”

“The media dwells mostly on negativity.”

“The NFL has been good to me.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“There is winning and there is misery.”

“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 proud of those.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“When Super Bowl time comes around, I get jealous.”

“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.”

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

“You are what you are.”

“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 got a pretty good group, so far.”

“You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.”

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