Quotes About Strategy

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

To come to know your enemy, first you must become his friend.

Les dispositifs et les ordres les mieux combinés, les plus profondément médités, semblent très mauvais et n'importe quel savant tacticien les critique d'un air entendu quand ils n'ont pas donné la victoire; les pires dispositifs, les mesures les plus contestables paraissent excellents, et des gens sérieux consacrent des volumes à prouver leurs mérites, quand le gain de la bataille s'en est suivi.(Guerre et Paix, livre troisième, 1ère partie, ch. XXVIII)

It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

If you want to kick the tiger in his ass you'd better have a plan for dealing with his teeth

Los clientes leales no son resultado de accidentes felices. Son consecuencia de planeación detallada, trabajo en equipo sin contratiempos y ejecuciones sin defectos.

Voy a promover la idea de Alan de dar a todos en la empresa una tarjeta con el título de 'Relaciones con los Clientes'.

Risk management is not the same as worrying about your project.

Part of my job leading the line for Watford is to occupy centre-halves - by that I mean those battles with Huth, say, to try to win headers when the ball is played forward. But I also look to bring centre-halves out of position to the flanks and make space for my team-mates in the middle.

To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

October baseball is what it's all about.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

It's good to be good at playing defence, but the best defence is a strong offence.

We should play free football, defend lively with a passion, and have the best understanding in offence.

We have what we call a dictator offense. We dictate to defenses by making them do what we want them to do. And we do it by creating formations.

My entire business model is to go on offense.

The job of the offense is not to score points. The job of the defense is not to stop the other team from scoring points.

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.

In politics as in sports, the best defense is a good offense.

When you have a guy that each week you can change up your game plan a little bit depending on what an offense does - you can put him at nickel, you can put him at linebacker position, Will or Sam or whatever they have him doing, he can create a matchup that the offense is not ready for.

The rules of the game really have given the offense an advantage, especially with pass interference.

You're never trying to have three-and-outs; I don't care what offense you're playing.

I hope we can build our offense and go out there and win games.

Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way.