Sublime

Bill was a genius at making the complex comprehensible, the comprehensible achievable.

Be committed to excellence.

I am not Vince Lombardi; Vince Lombardi was not Bill Walsh.

Be firm.

Instead Bill came in through the side door.

All he talked about was improvement. And he knew how to teach improvement.

Both exemplify the message of UCLA’s coach John Wooden: “I wanted players who had character, not players who were characters.

Bill Walsh held the need to treat individuals within his organization fairly almost sacrosanct (in return, those individuals were expected to consistently work at their most productive level).

Exhibit a ferocious and intelligently applied work ethic directed at continual improvement;