Bill Belichick

Bill Belichick: You can play hard. You can play aggressive. You can give 120%, but if one guy is out of position then someone's running through the line of scrimmage and he's going to gain a bunch of yards.

Bill Belichick: (Upon winning the 2005 Super Bowl) We're happy that we did it, and I'll leave the historical comparisons to everyone else.

Bill Belichick: (On the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show featuring Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction) We didn't see [it]. We were in the locker room... Nobody kept us abreast of that.

Bill Belichick: (on what he looks for in a player) That's really what you're looking for out of any player, is somebody that can be dependable, can be consistent and can do things right on a basis that you can really count on.

Bill Belichick: (on the most important aspect of dealing with players) Be direct with them. Don't tell them what they want to hear, but rather the way that it is.

Bill Belichick: (on being called "the best coach in the NFL") "I don't really care about that. I'm really concerned about what our team does. We all have a job to do here—players, coaches, assistant coaches, trainers, everybody—and our focus is to try to put the best team on the field and to be competitive. Obviously, I appreciate a compliment, but what it comes down to is how our team performs against the opponent that we're playing against. There are a lot of things in this game that I can't do, and there are a lot of things in this game that other players, or other coaches, can't do either. They just have to do their job."

Bill Belichick: (on his cameo appearance on "Rescue Me" with former Boston Bruin Phil Esposito) "Denis was very gracious about the whole thing. He kind of stuffed me in there with Phil, it was great."

Bill Belichick: (on his cameo appearance on "Rescue Me") It was a lot of fun. Denis and Lenny are great guys. It was a lot of laughs.