Bill Walsh Quotes

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• We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.
• To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful.
• The [best] coaches... know that the job is to win... know that they must be decisive, that they must phase people through their organizations, and…
• There is another side [to ego] that can wreck a team or an organization. That is being distracted by your own importance. It can come…
• The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.
• As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
• People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in…
• Innovation involves anticipation. It is having a broad base of knowledge on your subject and an ability to see where the end game is headed.…
• Champions behave like champions before they are champions
• The culture precedes positive results. It doesn't get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before…
• 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…
• Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.
• Commit yourself to something you have a passion for.
• Many people erroneously think they have only one chance to succeed, and if they miss that chance, they are doomed to failure. In fact, most…
• Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
• Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
• If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job.
• 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…
• The ability to help the people around me self-actualize their goals underlines the single aspect of my abilities and the label that I value most—teacher.
• 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…

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