Quotes About Adaptability

I'm not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.

Nothing to me is unexpected. No disappointment is unexpected - whether it's movies or people or relationships. I'm always ready for the punch directly between the eyes. So I get hurt, but I never get hurt. Happens all the time.

I always try to take the unexpected things and make them work for me.

I don't really have an average day, and that works for me. If I knew what I had to do ahead of time, I would be so depressed. I love the unexpected. I love change. I love things being thrown at me.

An effective public-health response requires that those leading the response pivot when new information comes out and change course when unexpected circumstance arise.

You're put into a box where you're either an offensive, defensive coach or a player development guy. Fair or unfair. You have to be whatever your team needs you to be.

I'm not a freak. I'm not really crazy or anything. I don't think I'm really abnormal. It's just, like anybody else, I have interests I cultivate, and one of my interests is not getting too used to things. I've sacrificed a lot of things in my life in order to keep that sense of things being unfamiliar.

I never planned my career. I never planned to be president of Harvard. People would have thought I was crazy, probably, at the age of 8 or 10 or 20, if I had said that. So what I would say to people planning their careers is to be ready to improvise. Be ready to follow up on opportunities as they unfold.

I am not a five-year-plan type. I tend to put one foot in front of the other and to allow things to unfold.

I never plan things. Whatever unfolds, I take it as a challenge and go with the flow.

Every manager, when things don't go well, they feel bad about it. That, unfortunately, is our job.

Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of life.

Once in a while there's wisdom in recognizing that the Boss is.

If you know how to get fun out of the so-called discomforts, then you should know you are on the right lines.

Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle ofsoftness overcoming hardness.

In a Universe with infinite possibilities we don't have to have our hearts set on just one.

Intelligence does not always define wisdom, but adaptability to change does.

One who cannot swim must not blame the water.

A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a genius in life.

If a fly lands on your food, do not use a hammer to remove it.

A sharp stick is better than a blunt sword.

If you get all tangled up, just tango on.

I endeavor to make the most of everything.

You got to be ready for everything in life