Quotes from Bill Walsh

If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job.

Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.

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.

The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon.

Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!

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

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.

To a winner, complacency and overconfidence can be destructive. To losers, desperation and despondency are just as harmful.

We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.

A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

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.

Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.

Your attitude will unlock the mystery of success you seek!

There is a weird phenomenon where technology seems to be getting dumber in some ways as it gets smarter.

90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot.

Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.

The proper use of commas is often more art than science.

Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.

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 people have several opportunities to succeed.