Throughout the 24 seasons that Bill Belichick was the head coach of the New England Patriots, he'd always publicly praise his players for the team's success and put the blame on the coaches for their failures.

Bill Belichick reiterated his long-held belief that it's players who win games, not coaches, saying, "You can't win games without good players."

“I mean, it’s [Tom] Brady, it’s [Willie] McGinest, it’s [Mike] Vrabel, it’s [Tedy] Bruschi, it’s Corey Dillon, it’s Randy Moss, Troy Brown, Lawyer Malloy, Ty Law, Rodney Harrison. Those are guys that won the games, man. I didn’t make any tackles. I didn’t make any kicks. That was [Adam] Vinatieri that made that kick in four inches of snow.