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Bill Walsh

All successful leaders know where we want to go, figure out a way we believe will get the organization there, and then move forward with absolute determination. We may falter from time to time, but ultimately we are unswerving in moving toward our goal; we will not quit. There is an inner compulsion, obsession, to get it done the way you want it done.

— Bill Walsh success

Strength of will, is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who wont go away, who wont stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all. 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. Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers Ive ever coached had ego to spare.

— Bill Walsh success

Victory is produced by and belongs to all. Winning a Super Bowl results from you whole team not only doing their individual jobs but perceiving that those jobs contributed to overall success. The trophy doesnt belong just to a superstar quarterback or CEO, head coach or top salesperson. This is an essential lesson I taught the San Francisco organization: The offensive team is not a country unto itself, nor is the defensive team or the special teams, staff, coaches, or anyone in the organization separate from the fate of the organization. WE are united and fight as one; we win or lose as one.

— Bill Walsh success

Your first job as a new coach should be to create a culture of success. You must model, communicate, teach, reward, and enforce the expectations and standards for how your program will operate, including how your athletes will train, practice, compete, win, lose, lead, and conduct themselves on and off the playing field.

— Bill Walsh success

I would say that we made a lot of good trades, but that may have been the best.

— Bill Walsh good

Dont allow people on your team to blame a certain individual or segment of your program and make them the scapegoat for your problems, it will divide and destroy your team. No matter what their role, encourage everyone to do their job and provide unwavering support for every segment of the team.

— Bill Walsh people

The running game in pro football has gotten so boring. Theres just four or five plays they can run. I think the whole thing is headed in the wrong direction, and its really unfortunate.

— Bill Walsh think

Instilling the right culture almost always takes time. And inevitably there will be some who balk against your standards. But, you must have the courage to confront and even remove the dissenters from your program, even though they might be highly talented. Ultimately, you must believe that your successful culture will attract, support, and retain the right talent and people, which will help you prevail and succeed in the long run.

— Bill Walsh success

I thought somebody was trying to put me on. Someone trying to poke fun at me. Ill tell you what, I didnt fall for it, though.

— Bill Walsh thought

The men are getting larger and larger, and that puts much more pressure on their hearts. When you weigh 340 or 350 pounds and you are moving violently and working your heart, thats a formula for problems.

— Bill Walsh art

I came to the San Francisco 49ers with a specific goal, to implement what I call the Standard of Performance. It was a way of doing things, a leadership philosophy, that has as much to do with core values, principles, and ideals as with blocking, tackling, and passing; more to do with the mental than with the physical.

— Bill Walsh philosophy

For me, the road had been rocky at times, triumphant too, but along the way I had never wavered in my dedication to installing, teaching, those actions and attitudes I believed would create a great team, a superior organization. I knew that if I achieved that, the score would take care of itself.

— Bill Walsh time

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 youre dead in the water, finished. I knew the example I set as head coach would be what others in the organization would recognize as the standard they needed to match at least, most of them would recognize it. If there is such a thing as a trickle-down effect, thats it. Your staff sees your devotion to work, their people see them, and on through the organization.

— Bill Walsh philosophy

In building and maintaining your organization, place a premium on those who exhibit great desire to keep pushing themselves to higher and higher performance and production levels, who seek to go beyond the highest standards that you, the leader, set. The employee who gets to work early, stays late, fights through illness and personal problems is the one to keep your eye on for greater responsibilities.

— Bill Walsh work

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines dont allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.

— Bill Walsh books

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses.

— Bill Walsh wit

If any sort of error is inexcusable, its an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.

— Bill Walsh rules

Machines arent 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.

— Bill Walsh read

Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

— Bill Walsh men

Writers bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editors early wake-up call.

— Bill Walsh time

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldnt write a headline to save their lives.

— Bill Walsh writing

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