black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.)

Bill Walsh

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
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.
BILL WALSH

Absorbing Altogether Anything Lose Reinforcement
Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.
BILL WALSH

Attitude Bad Talent
Everybody isn’t everybody.
BILL WALSH

Everbody Everybody Game
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.
BILL WALSH

Lists Pixels Publisher Trying
90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot.
BILL WALSH

Computer Shots Unnecessary
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
BILL WALSH

Beginning Caution Quotations
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.
BILL WALSH

Leader Possible Running Time Two
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
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
BILL WALSH

Belittle Getting Lesa More People
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
The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
BILL WALSH

Art More Science Use
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
“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
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
As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
BILL WALSH

Coaching Jobs Leader

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.)

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.)

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bill Walsh Quotes