Quotes About Strategy

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind.

Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.

I don't believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.

Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them.

You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

To be the ultimate team, you must use your body and your mind. Draw up on the resources of your teammates. Choose your steps wisely and you will win. Remember, only teams succeed.

Every team is beatable, you never know. The right moment, the right time, every team is beatable.

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.

Most leaders would agree that they'd be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.

It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow.

My job is to call attention to the things that I think are the difference between winning and losing. If I can't do that then I have failed as a coach.

When I go to the press conference before the game, in my mind the game has already started...

The key is not to call the decision maker. The key is to have the decision maker call you.

If you are not financially independent by the time you are forty or fifty, it doesn't mean that you are living in the wrong country or at the wrong time. It simply means that you have the wrong plan.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

During job interviews, when they ask: 'What is your worst quality?', I always say: 'Flatulence'. That way I get my own office.

Don't just let your career happen to you. You need to be strategic about how you define your leadership journey and where that takes you.

You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?... A plan.