Quotes About Strategy

Practice patience to get the results but don't be much patient to take actions.

If some musicians put half as much effort in to the business side as they do their outer look and appearances, they could be twice as far.

Many people see a brick wall as an obstacle, when it's really a how to for success. You build both, one brick at a time.

If there is no perfection of a work, be sure the perfection of a plan.

When you're working, some people relax and wait for the invisible right time, but when they see your fortune, they wake up and strategize an envious attack.

One thing I learned when struggling, you got to get to your spots.

Before the match starts I visualise that I will try to rotate the strike and take singles. But if I see that the players batting before me are struggling, and the wicket is not playing that good, I try to dominate from the first ball.

I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.

I am always in the box, strong, good in the air, and, of course, I like getting stuck in. I play a physical game.

When the Republicans controlled the House from 1994 -2006, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Henry Waxman Charlie Rangel, John Conyers and Rahm Emanuel weren't saying we need to move right to win. They stuck to their philosophy. And they fought against Reagan and they fought against the Bushes. And eventually they did win.

When you write the first book of a series, you do have to be careful what you put in because then you are stuck with it.

I remember having a conversation with Drake just before I signed. He said, 'Make sure that, whatever you do, your opponent is scared of you.' That really stuck with me.

You don't want to get stuck playing 40 minutes a game with your small lineup.

I'm comfortable with the hold 'em, Omaha and stud high-low. But the other two games aren't my strongest games. I'm not comfortable at all with razz or stud.

I am a poker player, but I am not a good poker player. My favorite game is seven card stud, but I'll play hi/lo, Hold 'em, Razz, etc.

I know the game well. I'm a student of basketball; I know what it takes to win.

I think any student of military strategy would tell you that in order to attack a position, you should have a ratio of approximately 3 to 1 in favor of the attacker.

Power is getting things done without having to demonstrate that you can bulldoze it through. I'm most effective when I've studied an issue, when I can make a credible argument, and then bring people along.

I have studied many politicians closely.

I've always been interested in the politics of war. War is one of those things that, the longer I studied it, the more illogical it seemed.

I've studied the way the Internet kids play. I want to know what they're thinking when they play pots against me.

When I go back into education, I'm going to do business studies.

I'm someone who really thinks the game through, who has an IQ about the game, who studies the game, who knows a lot more than just running and jumping.

That's the thing about Lionsgate. They are fearless. No other studio would have made 'Hunger Games' the way they did. They're being fearless in the way they make decisions, and it's paying off for them.