Bill Cowher Quotes

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Bill Cowher

Profession : Coach

Birth : May 8, 1957

We all understand football is entertainment. And people like high-scoring games. But you still have to play defense to win championships.

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I see a lot of myself in a young Mike Vrabel. He is very competitive. He is very respectful of the game, but he looks at each opportunity as an opportunity to prove something that people don't think you can do, and he'll create that narrative.

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My family has made a lot of sacrifices for me, and I'm looking forward to being there for them.

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There comes a time in your life - I'm healthy and happy, and I've been fortunate - you've got to prioritize things.

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In all honesty, I hope I don't coach again.

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You can always go back, to coaching. You can't go back to spending time with your family.

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Balance is really important.

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I never brought my job to my house, I never brought my house to the job.

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Confidence is a fragile thing.

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Every year the identity of a team changes to some degree.

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It isn't just about winning the championship and I don't think you should be defined by that.

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You realize how hard it is to get there, but don't lose sight that the goal is to win a championship.

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Nobody remembers that you lost a Super Bowl, they remember who won a Super Bowl.

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What the Jets did with Mark Sanchez, they took a rookie quarterback and went pretty far with him.

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There's so much more involved with the game than just sitting there, looking at the numbers and saying, 'OK, these are my percentages, then I'm going to do it this way,' because that one time it doesn't work could cost your team a football game, and that's the thing a head coach has to live with, not the professor.

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The draft is like game day on a 3rd-and-5. You have a lot of plays you can choose from. You go with your gut, pick and play and hope it works.

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I find most video games too complicated to play.

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All the projects that coaches go through in the offseason are based on the success other teams had in every area whether it's offense, defense or special teams. What they do is see if they can incorporate anything they see with the people they have.

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The one thing you have to be careful of is trying to do what other teams and players are doing when you don't have the people to do it yourself.

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I think coaches are very much guilty of trying to implement players into their schemes as opposed as trying to fit schemes into players. That's the thing that can separate good coaches from bad.

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