Quotes About Strategy

Obviously, teams start wearing down. But that's kind of when you thrive, when the other team starts to get tired.

Amazon thrived because it implemented the online bookstore idea better than any of its early rivals did, not because it was the only company to have the idea or the first company to have the idea. It continues to grow only because it keeps trying to improve on the details of the idea and the way it puts it into practise.

Some players thrive in the open-style, AAU games - the all-star games. But when it comes to playing in an actual system and having to 'think' the game, you see where some guys separated themselves.

It takes a certain personality to thrive as a member of the House.

I thrive in competitive environments. I've never been in a monopoly.

Our next CEO needs to thrive in a highly dynamic environment, to be capable of accelerating what is working very well for Cisco and disrupting what needs to change.

The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.

The biggest challenge to thriving in the marketplace is identifying the strategic moves that will keep us ahead of the competition.

I want to play the game hard. I want to ram it down your throat, put you into left field when I'm going into second base.

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.

Corporate governance should be done more through principles than rules.

If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth.

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design.

Often, I grow irritated before the first tile has been placed on the Scrabble board. This generally occurs when one of my opponents has insisted upon bringing a dictionary to the table, making it clear that he will be consulting it throughout the game.

If you're talking about English football very few teams play 4-4-2 now: it's either 4-4-1-1, 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1, they are the three major systems played throughout the Premier League.

Joining the Bipartisan Policy Center is a natural extension of my efforts to achieve results throughout my tenure in Congress, and it provides an ideal means for developing strategies that can garner the broad support necessary to achieve real solutions to the challenges confronting our nation.

Leaders need to be thinking constantly about what they're doing to create a basic sense of security and stability throughout an organization.

Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is 80% of being a successful hitter. The other 20% is just execution.

Sometimes my arm wants to throw a hard fastball, but my brain doesn't want to throw it that hard.

Ken Holtzman could pitch a game in ninety minutes. Wouldn't throw a breaking ball. And he had a great breaking ball.

You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw it.

If someone's going to throw me in, I'm not gong to try and hit a ground ball to third, you know? I'm going to try and hit it in the air. If someone's going to throw me away, I'm not going to try and hit a ground ball to second, I'm going to drive it to right-center.

When someone has speed they throw four punches to your one, you cannot beat them.

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.