Quotes About Tactics

Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.

Time trouble is blunder time.

If I was going to give Matt (Kenseth) a piece of advice, I'd say use the s- out of him. Every time you get, run him hard, because that's his weakness.

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

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.'

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.

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

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.

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

If you study the classic examples of endgame play you will see how the king was brought up as soon as possible even though there seemed no particular hurry at the time.

Ronald Reagan reached out to Gorbachev. At the same time, we were pushing back against the Soviets all over the world. He was able to do two things at once, and it worked out very well for us.

Sometimes players need to gain time on the clock by repeating the position, but most often its purpose is to wear down the opponent psychologically.

Repeating moves in an ending can be very useful. Apart from the obvious gain of time on the clock one notices that the side with the advantage gains psychological benefit.

Clinton and Obama practice this politics known quaintly as the Richard Speck strategy: if you cannot take on everyone in the room at once, take them out of the room one at a time.

You must be able to handle a variety of move orders during the first 5-6 moves - otherwise you'll find yourself 'tricked' time and time again.

We must make sure their worst players get the ball the most. You'll get it back in no time.

Chess is a time game, it's a game of patience. That pretty much defines how I run the ball.

First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control.

remember the two signatures of modern war: (1) You never win, exactly; you claim victory. (2) Perception is paramount.

The name of the game in warfare is to learn faster and act faster than the enemy.

So making him rattled and weary became a strategy.

So for Ho, the point of war was to force the United States to negotiate.

Garrison wrote in his memo to Hoar. "There is no place in Mogadishu we cannot go and be successful in a fight. There are plenty of places we can go and be stupid.