Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh
William Ernest Walshwas the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal football team, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. After retiring from the 49ers, Walsh worked as a sports broadcaster for several years and then returned as head coach at Stanford for three seasons...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 November 1931
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Bill Walsh quotes about
As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
The absolute bottom line in coaching is organization and preparing for practice.
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
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
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
Commit yourself to something you have a passion for.
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines
The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot.
The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are unbreakable "rules" for a lot of things.
There is a weird phenomenon where technology seems to be getting dumber in some ways as it gets smarter.
My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.
I often think about the class differences involved in "jobs" vs. "careers."
I'm not one of those "omg texting kids rite bad" alarmists. I just think there's an interesting nexus where the Internet itself hastened language change when it comes to Internet terms.