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By spending fifty to eighty hours each week studying the opponent, he knew more about the opposing team than anyone else on the Colts, including the other coaches. And, he had one more advantage: He was always a week ahead of the rest of the coaching crew. If the Colts were going to play the Jets on the coming Sunday and Miami the following Sunday,
... See moreDavid Halberstam • The Education of a Coach
We hired Milton Pollack, a brilliant lawyer who later became a distinguished federal judge. The suit unfolded slowly, and I fell into a ritual of having dinner with Pollack once a month during which he would update me on our progress and his methods. At that time he had a daughter in elementary school; he told me that before he asked any question o
... See moreEugene Linden • The Mind of Wall Street: A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market
As Burke said in describing his early years in Albany, “Murphy delegates to the point of anarchy.”7