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 WALSHConsistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced by tough competition.
More Bill Walsh Quotes
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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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We all know gifs are pronounced “jifs,” right? Their creator says so, damn it!
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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.
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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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The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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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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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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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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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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Consistent effort is a consistent challenge.
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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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Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.
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