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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

Afford each person the same respect, support, and fair treatment you would expect if your roles were reversed. Deal with people individually, not as objects who are part of a herd-that’s the critical factor.
BILL WALSH

Country Game People Player Support
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
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
BILL WALSH

Beginning Caution Quotations
“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
Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
BILL WALSH

Great Lifetime Pay Relationship
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.
BILL WALSH

Coaches Feeling Game Jon Know Player Win
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 WALSH

Beautiful Football Orchestration Player
We all know gifs are pronounced “jifs,” right? Their creator says so, damn it!
BILL WALSH

Creator Damn Knows
Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!
BILL WALSH

Believe Forever Mentor
Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.
BILL WALSH

Flying Pants
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.
BILL WALSH

Away Ego People Strong Survival
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.
BILL WALSH

Interesting Kids Thinking
I often think about the class differences involved in “jobs” vs. “careers.”
BILL WALSH

Class Jobs Thinking
Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I’ve ever coached had ego to spare.
BILL WALSH

Competitiveness Ego Psychologists Spare Strong
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.
BILL WALSH

Awareness Lead Part Talking
A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.
BILL WALSH

Differences Editing Writing

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.

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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.

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