Quotes About Tactics

Tartakower once wrote that after planting a Knight in the center you can go to sleep. This is not to be taken literally, of course, but it contains more than a germ of truth.

Tell the truth or trump-but get the trick.

Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.

To give the theory plenty of 'rope' and see if it hangs itself eventually is better tactics than to choke it off at the outset b abstract accusations of self-contradiction

A person with the best strategy never gets angry.

The secretary quoted the Middle Eastern axiom, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend," to which Netanyahu replied—"acidly," according to Gates—"No, in the Middle East, the enemy of my enemy is my frenemy.

In my experience, Detective, it's all middle game.

When it came to opening statements, I was from the Legal Siegel school of law. He always said, save your powder, meaning less is more; don't reveal your case or its surprises until it's time to present your evidence.

Lean in, invade that foot and a half that is all theirs, their own space. Lean back when you get what you want. It's subliminal. Most of what goes on in a police interrogation has nothing to do with what is said.

Since he was much weaker than his enemy, he could afford to display no weakness at all.

It is the nature of being the general manager of a baseball team that you have to remain on familiar terms with people you are continually trying to screw.

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. —Sun-tzu

The game has some of the feel of trading, just as jousting has some of the feel of war.

People who want very badly to win, and to be seen to have won, enjoy a tactical advantage over people who don't. That very desire, tantamount to a need, is also a weakness. In Billy Beane, the trait is so pronounced that it is not merely a weakness. It is a curse.

The quarterback of the Washington Redskins, Joe Theismann, turns and hands the ball to running back John Riggins. He watches Riggins run two steps forward, turn, and flip the ball back to him. It's what most people know as a "flea-flicker," but the Redskins call it a "throw back special." Two Mississippi: Theismann searches for a receiver but instead sees Harry Carson coming

Analyzing baseball yields many numbers of interest and value. Yet far and away- far, far and away- the most critical number in all of baseball is 3: the three outs that define an inning. Until the third out, anything is possible; after it, nothing is. [Eric Walker]

They do the same thing. Two tight ends on Lawrence

Therefore the skillful commander takes up a position in which he cannot be defeated and misses no opportunity to master his enemy.

As a captain, you sit on the sidelines and it's evident the best place to bat is up front.

I like to read the situation and play accordingly.

Game management is very important. Realizing the situation of a match.

I don't go into a game thinking I'm going to run more than I'm going to pass. So it just depends on what the defense is going to bring in the situation of the game and what happens that play.

Teams like the Patriots stress situational football moreso than a lot of other teams in the NFL.