Talkin' Tuna: The Wit and Wisdom of Coach Bill Parcells

by Jefferson Davis

A hard-nosed pro who always shoots from the hip, Parcells is one of pro football's winningest, and often most controversial, head coaches. Always quotable-love him or hate him-there's no arguing his success. Because . . . when the Tuna talks, people listen. Parcells on the '98 AFC "We're kind of stacked up like club sandwiches." Parcells on "Winning doesn't feel as good as it used to and losing feels worse. . . . This is my crack cocaine. I know it's like an assembly line, okay? And I know that some day the line is going to stop, and that's when you're J-A-G. Just another guy." Parcells on NFL "Dumb players do dumb things. Smart players seldom do dumb things." Parcells on his "Hey, listen, let me tell you something. If I fell down, I'd rock myself to sleep." Columnist Norman Chad on "It is a wonder of nature that caterpillars turn into butterflies. It is a wonder of Parcells that Vinny Testaverde has turned into Joe Namath. . . . If he told his players the Earth were flat, none of them would cross the street. He could stare at a blue sky so hard, it becomes cloudy."

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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