Quote

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.

Bill Walsh

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bill Walsh
Individual
Overcome
Thing
Overcoming
Individuals
Failure
Prevail
Environment
Observed
Ability
Competitive
Common
Besides
Success
Highly

More quotes by Bill Walsh

Image
Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you're offering.
Bill Walsh
Image
I have a sense of humor. I usually come off as very serious, but I definitely have a dry sense of humor.
Bill Walsh
Image
Machines aren't 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
Image
Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.
Bill Walsh
Image
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
Bill Walsh
Image
Victory is produced by and belongs to all.
Bill Walsh
Image
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.
Bill Walsh
Image
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
Image
Commit yourself to something you have a passion for.
Bill Walsh
Image
Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
Bill Walsh
Image
Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
Bill Walsh
Image
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.
Bill Walsh
Image
A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.
Bill Walsh
Image
Act like a VIP and become a VIP
Bill Walsh
Image
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
Image
The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have performed the same function (and who talks in semicolons?).
Bill Walsh
Image
Everybody isn't everybody.
Bill Walsh
Image
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job.
Bill Walsh
Image
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 a personal way... you can make a point without being personal. Don't insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less
Bill Walsh
Image
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