Quotes About Tactics

Netanyahu wants to make me and my party out as small, lame and uninfluential.

I feel like the networks always end up doing similar stuff at the same time.

In politics, you must never forget that everything is analysed.

One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.

That's the nicest part of football; you can't do everything to stop a player.

When someone like Lukaku gets you in the position where he's holding you off it is key to try and nick it in front of him.

Me being able to move around, nickel, dime, safety, you don't know where I'm coming from or if I'm coming, and that's a positive.

No sport - maybe no business - is more entrepreneurial than boxing.

The first and best way to say 'no' to anyone is, 'How am I supposed to do that?' Now the other side actually has no idea as to the number of things you've done with them at the same time. You conveyed to them you have a problem.

Matches aren't won on the training field and there is no point flogging experienced campaigners unnecessarily.

It doesn't get any more basic than your backline closing when there's no pressure on the ball. It really is a huge problem if you get it wrong.

Training is not the key. Head is the key. For me, it's head. How aggressive you will be. Who will attack first? But you need to be good in your head, and there will be no problem.

This, for the benefit of those with only a sketchy grasp of football tactics, was a Dutch invention which necessitated flexibility from all the players on the pitch. Defenders were required to attack, attackers to play in mid-field; it was football's version of post-modernism, and the intellectuals loved it.

During the game, we find endless ways of saying that our team needs to score goals while at the same time not letting any in: 'We need a goal here,' 'We don't want to let one in now,' and so on. ('Here' and 'now' are the words intended to indicate a keen understanding of the complex nature of the particular game, but in truth they mean nothing. Teams always need to score, and never want to let one in.)

Defansç?lar her zaman forvetçilerden daha iyi analizcilerdir.

Todo príncipe prudente ha desechado las tropas auxiliares y refugiado en las propias; y ha preferido perder con las suyas que ganar con las otras

Siempre el partido más débil se unirá a las fuerzas externas, y el otro no podrá resistir

nunca se deve deixar prosseguir uma crise para escapar a uma guerra, mesmo porque dela não se foge mas apenas se adia para desvantagem própria.

A guerra não se evita, apenas se adia com vantagem para os outros

Capítulo XX. Se as fortalezas e muitas outras coisas que a cada dia são feitas pelos príncipes são úteis ou não

One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves. Those who simply act like lions are stupid.

It had been Theodore Roosevelt's dictum — using a supposed West African proverb — that a successful leader should "speak softly and carry a big stick.

From Ferguson to Athens, via Mexico, it is clear that many governments are reproducing the tools that Israel uses to repress and oppress the Palestinians. The replication of those same tactics, methods, and often weapons serves as proof that the Palestinians are now used as guinea pigs for experimentation.

Take your time. It'll give me the opportunity to plan several ways to make you suffer.