Quotes About Strategy

We're non-diversified. We focus. Why not buy more of your best idea rather than your 60th best idea? How many companies can I really know well over time and focus on, on a daily basis?

World Class players can lay down the toughest hands and play any two cards at any time without fear. Their reads are impeccable.

Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the wrong time.

This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.'

When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays.

The safe time to invest is when there is blood in the streets.

Great leaders have to know when to divide that line from being selfless to being selfish, and he perfectly chose the time to be selfish and made plays.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

We have not seen great things done in our time except by those who have been considered mean; the rest have failed.

When even the analysts are bored, it's time to start buying.

The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.

When you play soccer, most of the time you got to get the ball moving, but once you get into that attacking third you gotta be creative, you gotta let your talent take over.

I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.

When stalking one's prey, it is best to take one's time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.

Cricket is full of theorists who can ruin your game in no time.

America has the power, but not the will to fight terrorism. The terrorists have the will, but not the power to fight America, but all that could change with time.

In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In the new world, that inverts

The clock is just as much a part of the game as the board and pieces, and losing because of time-trouble is no different to losing because of weak play -- it's still a zero on the score-sheet.

Stupidity trumps Machiavelli almost every time when you are looking for an explanation.

Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.

I even believe [Donald Trump] won a little after - after the election rethinking, I think if we'd spent a little more time in Minnesota, we would've won Minnesota.

Jiu Jitsu is about waiting for the right time to do the right move.

Policymakers think that if they get the abstractions right, that will drive behavior in the desired direction. But the world happens in real time.

Teams are successful when they are focused, have a short cycle time, and are supported by the executives.