Top 70 Bill Cowher Quotes

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I've probably watched more basketball games than anythi

I’ve probably watched more basketball games than anything.
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I wanted to be my’self and I wanted the play’ers to take pride in ev’ery’thing they did. We rep’resent the Pitts’burgh Steel’ers but we also rep’resent the city of Pitts’burgh. You’re a leader and a role model, whether you want to be or not.
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I think when you do anything at a high level, it’s very difficult to just stop and do nothing.
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A guy like Saquon Barkley is really a three-down player. You see the size, the speed, the quickness, the elusiveness, the power. He’s a unique individual.
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I coached Derrick Thomas for the first three years of his career. He was a special player.
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I enjoy the balance I have in my life.
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We won a lot of games, we brought play’off games to the city of Pitts’burgh, we won play’off games.
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Tom Coughlin has done a great job and is an excellent coach.
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I really enjoy my job at CBS.
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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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I’ve lived a blessed life.
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It’s an offensive league. All the rules cater to the offense.
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You go back to fundamentals when things start to go awry.
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Don’t get me wrong; I miss the live elements of coaching.
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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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When you talk about tradition, and organizations, the Steelers are one of the best in the NFL.
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To be taught to coach by Marty Schottenheimer, to be able to go to an organization like the Steelers. I came there at 34, probably brash, ready to set my niche.
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We’re trying to give a young man life lessons – sacrifice, commitment, teamwork, self-confidence, self-esteem. That’s what this sport does for kids.
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Le’Veon Bell, as we have seen through the years when healthy, is such a dynamic player not just out of the backfield, but as a receiver.
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Dan Rooney was my boss, my father, my friend, my mentor.
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The one thing you don’t want to do is get to a point where losing becomes a habit.
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I’m not looking to double my money with one golden opportunity.
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Football is the total team game.
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The biggest thing as a head coach, you want to make sure you exhaust every option.
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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 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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I’ve been very blessed to be surrounded by some very special people.
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No one loves football more than me.
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I want kids to continue to enjoy our game and benefit from the rewards of playing the ultimate team sport. That’s why it’s important for young players, parents, and coaches to know about U.S.A. Football’s Head Up Football program.
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Joe Flacco and Ben Roethlisberger are big guys with strong arms.
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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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We all understand football is entertainment. And people

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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When you think about a Hall of Fame player, you think about someone who impacted the game, someone you had to game plan for.
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Keith Butler is a very good football coach.
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I am a member of the Heads Up Football Advisory Committee, have participated in a Heads Up Football clinic, and strongly endorse the program. It’s a better, safer way to play the game.
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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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If I’m Colin Kaepernick I have to prove myself. I would say, ‘I would love the opportunity to show that I am a championship-winning quarterback again, and I understand that I am not going to be handed anything and that I would love the opportunity to come back.’ If he said that it would open the ears of a lot of teams.
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Need always plays into your decisions more as the draft unfolds.
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Let me tell you something: I’m a simple person who lives a simple life.
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Men are naive to their bodies. They don’t pay attention to their skin like women do.
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I’m very comfortable at CBS.
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The captain tag is something that every head coach in this league takes seriously.
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I was blessed to play a small role in the Steelers tradition.
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Balance is really important.
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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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Football is a total team sport.
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I’m a New Yorker. I never thought I’d say that.
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Heads Up Football is a comprehensive youth and high school football membership program developed by U.S.A. Football and supported by the NFL and other leaders in sport and medicine to advance player safety.
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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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To be recognized for making the contributions I did, along with the others who are part of the Hall of Honor, it really is humbling. Particularly when you grow up in Pittsburgh and know what the Steelers mean to the city. To me, as a little boy growing up watching the Steelers, this means a lot to me. It’s special.
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As a kid you were proud to say you were from Pittsburgh.
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The captain tag is something that players vote on, head coaches they give their title to. It requires a player that you think exemplifies leadership.
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You’re not going to see me on the sidelines. I enjoy it, I miss it, but not enough to get back.
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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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What the Jets did with Mark Sanchez, they took a rookie quarterback and went pretty far with him.
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I don’t think running backs have ever been under-valued.
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The goal is to hit your stride, stay in the hunt and be playing your best football in December.
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To give back something to the game of football has been a part of my life.
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When you become a head coach, you’ve played the game; you’ve coached the game. You have a great understanding of what happens at every level.
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I had some great players, great coaches, the best organization in football.
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If I ever want to get back into coaching I should be calling teams they shouldn’t be calling me. That’s when you know you really want to do it.
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Stealing someone’s signals was a part of the game and everybody attempted to do that. We had people that always tried to steal signals.
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Nobody remembers that you lost a Super Bowl, they remem

Nobody remembers that you lost a Super Bowl, they remember who won a Super Bowl.
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In all honesty, I hope I don’t coach again.
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Kaye was such a loving and compassionate person and she was the foundation of our family. Kaye was always at my side throughout my career as a player, coach, NFL analyst and, most importantly, as a parent to our three daughters Meagan, Lauren and Lindsay. They will miss their mother dearly.
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I am not going to go back into coaching, just to go back into coaching. It has to be the right situation. And I don’t know what the right situation consists of.
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You still have to be able to throw the ball and play good defense to win a championship.
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I never brought my job to my house, I never brought my house to the job.
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I was blessed to have followed a legendary coach in Chuck Noll.
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There are parts of coaching that I miss.
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