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If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.

Bill Walsh

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.
BILL WALSH

Confidence Desire Fierce Rough Translate
For me the starting point for everything – before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience – is work ethic. Without one of significant magnitude, you’re dead in the water.
BILL WALSH

Ethics Philosophy Water Work
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.
BILL WALSH

Common Environment Overcoming Success
“Extra effort,” in whatever form it takes (mental, physical, emotional), cannot be sustained without eventual damage and diminishing returns.
BILL WALSH

Damage Effort Emotional Physical Tolls
The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.
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Absolute Organization Practice
Your attitude will unlock the mystery of success you seek!
BILL WALSH

Attitude Mystery Sucess
You can only succeed when people are communicating, not just from the top down, but in complete interchange. Communication comes from fighting off my ego and listening.
BILL WALSH

Communication Fighting Sports
There has to be a very acute awareness on your part as to the level of exertion and the toll it’s taking on those you lead.
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Awareness Lead Part Talking
We all know gifs are pronounced “jifs,” right? Their creator says so, damn it!
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Creator Damn Knows
Everybody isn’t everybody.
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Everbody Everybody Game
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.
BILL WALSH

Diffuse Diverted Ego Insensitive Manifestations
As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
BILL WALSH

Coaching Jobs Leader
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.
BILL WALSH

Champion Country Game Player Winning
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
BILL WALSH

Country Editors Game Player Sports Tools
Calculated risks are part of what you do, but the idea that something completely crazy will work just because it’s completely crazy is completely crazy.
BILL WALSH

Country Crazy Game Ideas Player
If your why is strong enough you will figure out how!
BILL WALSH

Enough Figures Strong

If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.

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