When I give a speech at a corporate event, I often ask those in attendance, ‘Do you know how to tell if you’re doing the job?’ As heads start whispering back and forth, I provide these clue: ‘If you’re up at 3 A.M.
BILL WALSHBy instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.
More Bill Walsh Quotes
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The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.
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A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.
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“Extra effort,” in whatever form it takes (mental, physical, emotional), cannot be sustained without eventual damage and diminishing returns.
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Before you can win the fight, You’ve got to be in the fight.
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Use all your knowledge to get their first. Set the trend and make the competition counter you
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Absorbing and overcoming this kind of punishment engenders a sober, steely toughness that results in a hardened sense of independence and a personal belief that you can take on anything, survive and win.
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Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.
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I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
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Everybody’s got an opinion. Leaders are paid to make a decision. The difference between offering an opinion and making a decision is the difference between working for the leader and being the leader.
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We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.
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Consistent effort is a consistent challenge.
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Strength of will – is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won’t go away, who won’t stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all.
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If I have any talent, it’s in the artistic end of football. The variation of movement of 11 players and the orchestration of that facet of football is beautiful to me.
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The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you’re offering.
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