Bill Walsh Quotations | Page 2

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.

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

The thing you don't want to do is use him too much against some sturdy run defense,

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.

Dennis Green is as good as they get,

As a defensive coordinator, he was beloved by his players. They truly believed in him. They'd sacrifice anything to do what he said. He was as unique a man as we've seen from that standpoint.

As a defensive coordinator, he was beloved by his players, ... They truly believed in him. They'd sacrifice anything to do what he said. He was as unique a man as we've seen from that standpoint.

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.

The year we beat Miami in the Super Bowl, ... do you know how many defensive linemen were in our rotation? Nine, and we used them all quite a bit. We just wore the Dolphins out.

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.

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.

It's just been a great run for Jerry, and I'm so proud to be involved and associated with him, and I look forward to playing golf with him in the near future,

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.

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

It's kind of shocking. My guess is he can't be a factor this year with the 49ers. No way he can play for a while.

It's going to take fans to a whole new level of fantasy,

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.

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.

It's desperation, really, when you see players try to coach a rookie quarterback. It only adds to the confusion.

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.

Notre Dame is very difficult because the expectations and the impatience of the alums is overwhelming, ... They want it to be like it once was and I'm not sure it ever will be. He presented them with a tremendous first season (10-3 in 2002) but he never really had a quarterback who could carry the team and win for him.

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.

In particular, they see the game the way I do and because of how I saw it.

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.

It hearkens back to the traditional Hawaiian practices.

I just think it's a natural phenomenon taking Jerry's career to its natural end. He did it gracefully and honestly and ended on his own terms. I just think he handled his career beautifully.

This has turned out to be one of the most beneficial and helpful kinds of programs that any employer could ever have hoped to get in. It's on the leading edge.

The difference between the Patriots and those Steelers teams is that there were other great teams in the AFC back then, like Miami and Oakland,

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.