Quotes About Tactics

Spending time chasing the puck around your own end isn't really a good recipe for success.

I feel, as a captain, that when you face a batsman who plays spin well you feel as if you are a fielder short.

Conditions dictate how much fast bowling you face compared to how much spin you face.

The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.

Luck is the residue of good planning.

More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.

I would rather have a lucky general than a smart general. ... They win battles and they make me lucky.

This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.

I never, ever cheated [in medical school]. I don't condone cheating. But I would sometimes spread misinformation. This is a great tactic. Misinformation can be very important.

You don't throw rocks at a man with a machine gun!

If a man is dumb, someone is going to get the best of him, so why not you? If you don't, you're as dumb as he is

Man may penetrate the outer reaches of the universe, he may solve the very secret of eternity itself but for me, the ultimate human experience is to witness the flawless execution of the hit-and-run.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.

Get there first with the most men.

Fighting, to me, seems barbaric. I don't really like it. I enjoy out-thinking another man and out-maneuvering him, but I still don't like to fight.

Many men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win.

If you want to hit a man in the chest, aim for his groin.

It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party stick the less.

The warrior is different in that studying the Way of strategy is based on overcoming men

Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.

War is very simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage war.

Passing is your best weapon against man to man. Dribble penetration is your best weapon against zone.

Tonight we're going to show you eight silent ways to kill a man.