Quotes About Strategy

The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.

A lot of UFC fighters dream of getting in there and finishing a fight in the first round.

You can't put out fire with fire.

In March 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British fired more shells in a single 35-minute bombardment than they had during the whole Boer War.

You can fire your revenues by firing your people.

Marketing is selling an ad to a firm. So, in some sense, a lot of marketing is about convincing a CEO, 'This is a good ad campaign.' So, there is a little bit of slippage there. That's just a caveat. That's different from actually having an effective ad campaign.

I understand the politics of Washington, D.C. You need to hold firm, you need to work with your colleagues, and you need to throw elbows.

Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.

I could lose every Old Firm game I go into and still win the league.

I play to win games, first of all.

As a big, you don't want to be the first one to shoot.

But, no, I don't think there will be any kind of problem as far as setting up to be competitive, but you've got to get it right if you want to be the first one across the line.

How I fight is what got me into the UFC in the first place.

Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

It is important for India to stay the course on fiscal consolidation.

It's a bit like some martial arts: if you're behind somebody there's not much they can do, if you're in a certain position. So same thing with a fish, if you're in the right position you're okay. As soon as you get in the wrong position you can be in very real danger.

Don't bottom fish.

What do I think about when I'm fishing? I don't really know. Mate, I just think about how I'm going to catch my next fish.

Do I think there's a fight against the media and the Democrats? Yes, but I think it's one that's done with our heart and our minds. I don't believe that it's ever something being done with the fist.

I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

I think our Republican brand is an effective one and I think it fits and works here in Massachusetts.

Here you get to play one on one more, individual basketball. I think that fits me better than in Europe. You have harder, different double teams and everybody helps, but in the NBA they let you play one on one, so I think that will fit me better.

If I can force my winger backwards, it just comes down to who's fitter, and I like to think I'm pretty fit.

Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections.