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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More Bill Walsh Quotes
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I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
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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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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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If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.
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Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!
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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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Before you can win the fight, You’ve got to be in the fight.
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Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
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My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.
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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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We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.
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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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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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Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I’ve ever coached had ego to spare.
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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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