Quotes About Strategy

Commanders-in-chief make really tough decisions.

Rebrasse was a good opponent, a tough guy, he took an awful lot of punches. I knew it was going to be tough. I didn't want to run out of steam, I felt in great condition but you always have to be cautious against a guy who has never been stopped.

Playing defense, it was a tough job, but it was pretty simple: When the ball came off, get in the backfield and create havoc and find the ball carrier.

In tough times, one has to see if the fundamentals of the business are good or not.

Politics is comparable to boxing. The only thing is that in politics there are basically no rules. In boxing, you can get a black eye, but in politics you can get poison in your food or a bullet in the head. It's definitely rougher and tougher than other sports.

Golf can be tougher than tennis when things go wrong, because you can't explain things by saying that your opponent played better than you. It's a cruel sport in that way.

In my opinion, the best setup guys now have a tougher job than the closers. They pitch more innings, inherit more runners.

Politics is a lot tougher than physics.

Sometimes it's tougher against bad teams because you can't really get a read on them.

In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others.

If it's a shot for me, if I can make a play, create for someone else, I'll do that. A lot of times you run a play, everybody's watching, everybody's locked in, everybody's pulling over, and it just makes the game tougher for me.

It is tougher to control range on a guy who is as tall, lengthy, and busy as Amir Khan, who has a very good jab.

Obviously I think offensively, spacing for me as a guy that puts a lot of pressure on the rim is going to make it harder on a defense. They're going to have to make tougher decisions, and space is going to be way more open for all the guards, too.

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.

The toughest thing in hitting shouldn't be deciding when to swing. It is, for me, deciding when not to swing. You should be swinging from the time you get into the batter's box until something says don't swing.

Toughest job in baseball is the general manager. Second toughest is the hitting coach.

Third down and long is the toughest situation for any offensive coordinator in the NFL.

Raising capital is not the toughest part. The toughest part is building a great team and making sure it's growing with the company.

The first round is always the toughest one for me. Being in the final is probably easier. The more sets there are, the better it is for me.

When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again.

I'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.

If you do have a team where every rider has a huge list of results, that means everybody wants to do the race for themselves. The strongest team in the Tour is not the strongest team on paper.

My first years on tour, I tried to be super professional by considering the yardages to every feature and hazard. Over time my caddie and I noticed I play better when we keep it simple. Think about the distance you want the ball to fly, and only that number.

I like to challenge myself. There are not many guys on tour who can give me a challenge in Ping-Pong. So I'll throw some points to see if I can come back.