Bill Walsh Quotes (43 Quotes)


    It really hasn't crossed my mind. What do politicians say I'm not a candidate.

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

    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, that's a formula for problems.

    Money would be taken away from the Department of Defense to fund programs such as a Peace Academy and prisoner rehabilitation, ... The creation of a Department of Peace is a nave and unreasonable approach to dealing with the problems of the 21st century, including international terrorism.

    Once a Marine, always a Marine. The challenge and the camaraderie with players and coaches, no one experiences anything like that but in team sports, especially football. It's almost like a chemical dependency. Whereas losses used to destroy them, now they have the wisdom to be able to move on easier.


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

    It's gotten worse and worse, and the coaches and personnel people are more and more willing to take huge men that are grossly overweight, and just hope that size will take care of everything else.

    In those days, we couldn't communicate. How do you know you'll ever move We were gridlocked, so I looked over there, in all seriousness, and I could see up over a hill, the activity and the lights, and I figured we'd have to walk over that hill about a mile to get to the stadium. The uncertainty of it was the crazy part.

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

    I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses.

    I've always thought Steve could be mayor of San Francisco without too much of a fight. That's just the kind of man he is, and how highly he's regarded in that town. Everybody knows he didn't have an easy job following Joe Montana. The way he did it says all you need to know about him, and then he made quite a career for himself, too.

    To get involved with the Drink-a-Thon, all you need to do is donate a flat sum to a favorite boozer or pledge 1, 10, even 50 for every drink that he or she consumes. Most of the older crowd is doing the lump sum, usually 50, ... while the younger crowd, who have an easier time accepting the unorthodox nature of the event, are donating around 10 a drink.

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

    You never want to open an area unless you know what happens when you do. This gives us an unprecedented chance to see what will happen. After a few years we can find out how much collecting can be sustained.

    I'm here, I've been here for a year, I'm of course familiar with the university, ... I know lot of the people. It could be I was needed. It appears, and most people agree, I would be the logical person.

    I thought it was timely. He wanted to play one more year, and he did everything he could possibly do to make it happen. It didn't work out, but that's OK. I think Mike Shanahan handled it beautifully, and I think Jerry moves on with his health and as probably the greatest player of his era and certainly the greatest player ever at his position.

    Jim's a dynamic man with incredible determination, willpower and energy. He's the ultimate in a driven person who has high expectations. The people around him respond. He's on the cutting edge with an outstanding football mind.

    It's an honor and privilege to at least temporarily represent the university as athletic director, ... My job is to continue as best I can the program Ted Leland has developed over a period of time. The heritage that exists in the athletic department and the history cross my mind.

    I know he has only one thought in mind, and that is to win football games. Some of the other trappings of being a head coach are just not important to him and I would think that's what they need. That's the way Don James was and the way Jim Owens was. They were top football coaches who developed an esprit de corps and a sense of purpose, and that's what counts.

    we just can't miss an athlete. Our recruiting program has to be the very, very best.

    Maybe there are more weapons, maybe there aren't. I don't know about that. I can tell you that the administrators are much better trained in detecting them.

    I would have expected this. He's a brilliant person, and he's got emotional integrity. He was one of the most unique people I've ever known. He was a kid, and it was like he was 35 or 40. He was 19. He was a totally mature adult, and he was brighter than I was.

    There's a connection between those teams, ... The quarterback in particular plays so much like Joe Montana. New England plays as a group. The Patriots are heavy in teamwork and commitment.

    You have to be very sure of yourself. You have to be able to say, look, there's a risk here and we're willing to accept the risk. If it doesn't work, it's just part of doing business.

    I would get him away from the rush about once every third time he throws.

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

    Expect the biggest revivals in Kansas City (major defensive upgrades), Arizona (veteran QB Kurt Warner, Arrington, and second-year coach Dennis Green), and Carolina (decimated by injuries but still almost made the playoffs last year). Kansas City has a scintillating offense and a much better defense than last year, ... They're poised for a great season.

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

    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.

    There's no doubt in my mind . . . he was a victim of lead poisoning.

    Times were simpler, defenses didn't move as fast, and the quarterback was often the best athlete. Now he's being chased by the best athletes.

    There is an extensive sand plain extending as far as the eye can see in the vicinity of the drop location. The slope is very shallow and essentially appears flat when you're down there. While the bottom is sand, showing ripples from long shore currents, it is by no means devoid of life. On the contrary, it appeared to be a very productive sand community undoubtedly with lots of mollusks and crustaceans.

    The ongoing construction of the stadium has continued at a rapid pace, and we're extremely pleased with the progress. It's projected to be done on time. But, in moving the San Jose State game to Spartan Stadium, we feel it gives us that extra week to assure ourselves that the stadium will be 100 percent ready.

    Buddy had a huge impact on that team. He was maybe the key element in that organization.

    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.

    I hate to see where the game is going because of that,

    This may serve as a catalyst for real-time management. Instead of going through the rule-making process, we can gather data and go to the (Board of Land and Natural Resources) and say we see a need for control, and they can provide the public input at their meeting.

    We had an excellent coaching staff, a great attitude among the players and that youthful enthusiasm, It was a team that really shouldn't have been where we were.

    Could New England stand up to the Steelers defense of the '70s No chance. And I don't think they had near the balance the 49ers had during (the Super Bowl) years.

    It's unfortunate looking, and it's unfortunate for their health. These guys are shortening their lives. But everybody's a partner in it. It's not as though it's just a player. It's the coach and the management and, in a sense, the league.

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

    The Steelers had the best grouping of players in the history of the game. No question about it.

    Parents can't get enough of the report cards. In previous years at the State Fair, ... the department had kids throw beanbag frogs into holes. Last year, we printed out 5,000 school report cards instead. Parents would come up and say, 'I'm thinking of mov


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