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I often think about the class differences involved in “jobs” vs. “careers.”

Bill Walsh

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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Ethics Philosophy Water Work
The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.
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Absolute Organization Practice
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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Country Crazy Game Ideas Player
Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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Great Lifetime Pay Relationship
Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you’re offering.
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Enthusiasm Interest Offering
As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
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Coaching Jobs Leader
Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.
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Attitude Bad Talent
Your attitude will unlock the mystery of success you seek!
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Attitude Mystery Sucess
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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Common Environment Overcoming Success
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.
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Hate Jobs Player
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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Interesting Kids Thinking
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
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Beginning Caution Quotations
The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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Art More Science Use
“Extra effort,” in whatever form it takes (mental, physical, emotional), cannot be sustained without eventual damage and diminishing returns.
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Damage Effort Emotional Physical Tolls
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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Country Game People Player Support
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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Coaches Feeling Game Jon Know Player Win

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