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To me the footballs are approved by the league and game officials pregame and we play with what's out there. That's the only way that I have ever thought about that.
Bill Belichick
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Bill Belichick
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: April 16
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William Stephen Belichick
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I'm trying to coach the team and that's what I want to do.
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That has never been a priority for me and I want the players to deal with a harder situation in practice than they'll ever have to deal with in the game. Maybe that's part of our ball security philosophy.
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I think everyone is a case-by-case basis. Whatever the circumstances are that come with any individual, they exist and you have to make a determination as to what your comfort level is with that person and the characteristics that they bring.
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Each decision will be done on a case-by-case basis and we'll make the decision we feel is best for the New England Patriots football team.
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I had no knowledge of the various steps involved in the game balls and the process that happened between when they were prepared and went to the officials and went to the game. So, I've learned a lot about that.
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I obviously understand that each team has the opportunity to prepare the balls the way they want, give them to the officials and the game officials either approve or disapprove the balls. That really was the end of it for me until I learned a little bit more about this .
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As part of the process, there are a lot of different ways to evaluate players. There are a number of different companies and things out there that do different things that have different ways of evaluating and those types of tests and so forth.
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To live in the past is to die in the present.
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It hasn't even been competitive. That's the first thing we're going to have to do is just find a way to stay competitive because these (first two games) have been over by halftime. We saw that last year too (on Halloween). It was 21-3 (Steelers) at the end of the first quarter.
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I told you the one change we would make in the initial start level of the football pressure, but that's really about it.
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I'm sure that any current or past player of mine would tell you that the balls we practice with are as bad as they can be: wet, sticky, cold, slippery. However bad we can make them, I make them. Any time that players complain about the quality of the footballs, I make them worse and that stops the complaining.
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My overall knowledge of football specifications, the overall process that happens on game day with the footballs is very limited. I would say that during the course of the game, I honestly never - it probably has happened on an incomplete pass or something - but I've never touched a game ball. It's not something I have any familiarity with on that.
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We never use the condition of the footballs as an excuse. We play with whatever or kick with whatever we have to use and that's the way it is.
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There is an old saying about the strength of the wolf is the pack, and I think there is a lot of truth to that. On a football team, it’s not the strength of the individual players, but it is the strength of the unit and how they all function together.
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I cannot comment on any player who has ongoing criminal charges and legal situations.
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Mental Toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it's not the best thing for you.
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