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.
BILL WALSHYour enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you’re offering.
More Bill Walsh Quotes
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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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I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
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These are all negative manifestations of ego, and if you are not alert to them, you get diverted and your work becomes diffused. Ego in these cases makes people insensitive to how they work with others and it ends up interfering with the real goal of any group efforts.
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Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.
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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.
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You can make a point without being personal. Don’t insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less
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Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
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90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot.
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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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I often think about the class differences involved in “jobs” vs. “careers.”
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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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The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.
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The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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By 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.
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