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236 “I’ve been”—Dan Coughlin, “Belichick Next Shula? Super Coach,” Elyria Chronicle Telegram, February 6, 1991.
236 “Belichick is probably”—Marysville Journal Tribune, “New Coach Is Man of Detail,” February 11, 1991.
237 “The last time”—Official Post Game Quotes from Super Bowl XXV.
237 “The way I”—Jerry Izenberg, No Medals for Trying (New York: Ballantine Books, 1990), 190.
237 “Any of us”—Dave Anderson, “Parcells Feels Ditka’s Pain,” New York Times, November 3, 1988.
237 “It’s tough to”—Gerald Eskenazi, “Parcells Is Expected to Step Down Today,” New York Times, May 15, 1991.
237 “It’s becoming”—Rich Hofmann, “Just a Guy from Jersey,” Winnipeg Free Press, January 26, 1991.
238 “Everything that’s”—Craig Dolch, “Parcells Looking Ahead, QB, Plan B Talks Quiet Rumors,” Palm Beach Post, January 29, 1991.
238 “The fans made”—Robert McG. Thomas, “A Super Good Night for a Happy Parcells,” New York Times, January 30, 1991.
238 “He’ll be coaching”—Vinny DiTrani, “Parcells Shall Make Triumphant Return,” Bergen County Record, January 29, 1991.
238 “would be the”—Bob Glauber, “Bavaro Down to One Knee,” Newsday, January 11, 1991.
239 “I think he saw”—Hank Gola, author interview, October 15, 2010.
239 “No way, I’m”—ABC television broadcast, January 27, 1991.
239 “It’s the player”—Malcolm Moran, “Anderson Is Most Venerable and Most Valuable,” New York Times, January 28, 1991.
240 “would be insulted”—Dave George, “Man for the Ages,” Palm Beach Post, January 29, 1991.
240 “Jeff Hostetler is”—Orlando Sentinel, “Parcells’ Promise: There Won’t Be Any Controversy,” January 28, 1991.
240 “[It] doesn’t matter”—Hostetler, One Giant Leap, 233.
240 “I’ve got two pretty”—Craig Dolch, “Parcells Looking Ahead,” Palm Beach Post, January 29, 1991.
241 “I like Phil Simms”—Hostetler, One Giant Leap, 233.
241 “For more than”—Dave Anderson, “Giants Not a Dynasty, Just Champs,” New York Times, January 29, 1991.
242 “I recalled a”—Ken Leiker and Craig Ellenport, eds., The Super Bowl: An Official Retrospective (New York: Ballantine Books, 2005), 27.
242 “I’ve got to”—The Capitol, “Giants Savor Title; Bills Savor Warmth,” January 29, 1991.
242 “The reception”—Bill Polian, author interview, May 12, 2010.
243 “[We] get back”—Everson Walls, author interview, June 10, 2010.
243 “It was a great”—New York Post, “Gov Shuffled Off to Buffalo to Cheer Bills,” January 29, 1991.
243 “Buffalo Bills”—Barbara O’Brien, “30,000 Fans Shower Bills with Welcome,” Buffalo News, January 29, 1991.
243 “It was off the”—Carlton Bailey, author interview, January 15, 2010.
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246 “I just think”—George Willis, “It Was Time for a Move,” Newsday, May 16, 1991.
246 “It’s been a great”—Joe Gergen, “Parcells Goes Out on Top.” Newsday, May 16, 1991.
246 “I was just in”—Frank Litsky, “Retirement’s Timing Is Biggest Surprise,” New York Times, May 16, 1991.
246 “I had a pretty”—Kim Kolbe, author interview, October 6, 2010.
247 “I knew something”—Bill Parcells, author interview, July 15, 2010.
247 “When the [1991]”—Stephen Baker, author interview, May 13, 2010.
248 “When Ray Handley”—Bob Mrosko, author interview, July 28, 2010.
248 “In my mind”—Bob Mrosko, author interview, July 28, 2010.
249 “[1991 and 1992]—Ernie Palladino, author interview, July 14, 2010.
249 “I started my”—Bob Dick, “Patriots Tap Parcells to be Savior,” Providence Journal, January 22, 1993.
249 “I didn’t need”—Vinny DiTrani, “Reeves Answers Questions,” Bergen County Record, May 13, 1993.
249 “Maybe we’re not”—Michael Mayo, “Giants Aren’t Jazzy, but Tune-Up Went Well,” Sun Sentinel, January 10, 1994.
250 “Some of the guys”—Mike Freeman, “Giants’ Season Ends in a Million Pieces,” New York Times, January 16, 1994.
251 “Maybe the key”—Pacific Stars and Stripes, “49ers Dwarf Giants 44-3.” January 17, 1994.
251 “They were just”—Alton Telegraph, “Bills Shade Raiders, San Francisco Rips Giants,” January 16, 1993.
251 “I think it’s time”—Dave Anderson, “L.T. Decides ‘It’s Time for Me to Go,” New York Times, January 16, 1994.
251 “I’m fortunate