Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise. Bill Walsh More Quotes by Bill Walsh More Quotes From Bill Walsh Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you're offering. Bill Walsh interest offering enthusiasm Consistent effort is a consistent challenge. Bill Walsh consistent effort challenges 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 at the same time they are sensitive to the feelings, loyalties, and emotions that people have toward one another. 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. Bill Walsh loyalty strong jobs If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job. Bill Walsh hate player jobs Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment. Bill Walsh gratitude inspirational sports If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked. Bill Walsh errors phones editing If your why is strong enough you will figure out how! Bill Walsh figures strong enough Flying by the seat of your pants precedes crashing by the seat of your pants. Bill Walsh nfl pants flying 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 from your insecurity in working with others. It can be the need to draw attention to yourself in the public arena. It can be a feeling that others are a threat to your own territory. 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 Walsh team organization real One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent. Bill Walsh athlete winning order 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. Use all your knowledge to get their first. Set the trend and make the competition counter you Bill Walsh innovation competition games The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice. Bill Walsh nfl organization practice 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. Bill Walsh opinion-leaders nfl offering Your attitude will unlock the mystery of success you seek! Bill Walsh mystery attitude To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful. Bill Walsh motivation softball sports Commit yourself to something you have a passion for. Bill Walsh commit passion Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform. Bill Walsh nfl strong leader 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. Bill Walsh nfl crazy ideas Consistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced by tough competition. If a player needed me to light a fire under him by turning the other team into a demon, he was lacking something I couldn't give him. Bill Walsh motivation team player We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year. Bill Walsh player motivational sports
