The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
BILL WALSHYour path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
More Bill Walsh Quotes
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The culture precedes positive results. It doesn’t get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they’re champions: they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners.
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If your why is strong enough you will figure out how!
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A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don’t allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
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Your attitude will unlock the mystery of success you seek!
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On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you’re likely to think there are unbreakable “rules” for a lot of these things.)
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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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Everybody isn’t everybody.
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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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Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you’re offering.
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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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Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!
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If you don’t have these feelings, I do not know how you can lead anyone. I have spent many sleepless nights trying to figure out how I was going to phase out certain players for whom I had strong feelings, but that was my job. I wasn’t hired to do anything but win.
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Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.
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Machines aren’t replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper
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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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In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough.
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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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We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.
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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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Before you can win the fight, You’ve got to be in the fight.
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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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Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.
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I’m not one of those “omg texting kids rite bad” alarmists. I just think there’s an interesting nexus where the Internet itself hastened language change when it comes to Internet terms.
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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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I’ve observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure-and their ability to overcome it.
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Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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