Quotes About Tactics

Les dispositifs et les ordres les mieux combinés, les plus profondément médités, semblent très mauvais et n'importe quel savant tacticien les critique d'un air entendu quand ils n'ont pas donné la victoire; les pires dispositifs, les mesures les plus contestables paraissent excellents, et des gens sérieux consacrent des volumes à prouver leurs mérites, quand le gain de la bataille s'en est suivi.(Guerre et Paix, livre troisième, 1ère partie, ch. XXVIII)

If you want to kick the tiger in his ass you'd better have a plan for dealing with his teeth

Part of my job leading the line for Watford is to occupy centre-halves - by that I mean those battles with Huth, say, to try to win headers when the ball is played forward. But I also look to bring centre-halves out of position to the flanks and make space for my team-mates in the middle.

It's good to be good at playing defence, but the best defence is a strong offence.

We have what we call a dictator offense. We dictate to defenses by making them do what we want them to do. And we do it by creating formations.

I've been in international competition, and now I know what the big boys can do. You don't go out and just run. There's an offense and a defense.

In politics as in sports, the best defense is a good offense.

When you have a guy that each week you can change up your game plan a little bit depending on what an offense does - you can put him at nickel, you can put him at linebacker position, Will or Sam or whatever they have him doing, he can create a matchup that the offense is not ready for.

My greatest defense was my offense. Very few guys did that.

I just love Coach Koetter's offense.

I think there's a lot that goes into an offense, obviously.

I think that my offense comes from what I do with my defense.

We have to let our defense dictate our offense.

A lot of the better offenses sacrifice defense to be a good offense and I'm not interested in doing that.

A lot of teams get a lot of offense off the rush.

This game is not designed for the defense to have it easy, so if I am gonna favor one side, I'll favor the offense because I want the defense being put under as much stress as possible.

You can lose a game with the kicking game faster than you can with offense and defense.

I love offensive coaches.

It's an offensive league.

I don't talk much to offensive linemen in general.

Mike D'Antoni is a great offensive mind. He's a great coach.

Everybody always asked why I wanted to be an offensive lineman. I told them that I had 11 different people I can hit on every single play, while everyone else is chasing one person. I prided myself on being an extremely physical and dominant player.

Mike D'Antoni is one of the best offensive coaches in the whole game of basketball, by far.

It's an offensive league. All the rules cater to the offense.