Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
BILL WALSHYour path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
More Bill Walsh Quotes
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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.
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Everybody isn’t everybody.
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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.
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Consistent effort is a consistent challenge.
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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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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
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Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants.
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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.
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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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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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Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.
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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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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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When I give a speech at a corporate event, I often ask those in attendance, ‘Do you know how to tell if you’re doing the job?’ As heads start whispering back and forth, I provide these clue: ‘If you’re up at 3 A.M.
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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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If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.
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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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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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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.
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If your why is strong enough you will figure out how!
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The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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We all know gifs are pronounced “jifs,” right? Their creator says so, damn it!
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A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don’t allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
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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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Use all your knowledge to get their first. Set the trend and make the competition counter you
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I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
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