Quotes About Tactics

Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?

I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

Hope is not a method.

Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular.

We are in what we hope is an intensive diplomatic phase now. It will not be open-ended.

My first fight was a little weasel from American called Andre Dirrell. I say that because he runs and holds, and I hope Abraham bangs him out.

We will use some kind of option and we will throw the football. I hope it will be at our people.

Hope is not a strategy

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten

Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.

If you can't win by reason, go for volume.

Boxing is a more sophisticated form of hockey.

It's a dirty way to fight, but I'm late for lunch."- Valek to Yelena

Fair play is all well and good. But knowing how to kick 'em in the balls can get you out of a jam 9 times out of 10.

The answer to enemies who heal annoyingly fast is always, always decapitation. That is why swords will never go out of style.

[Will Turner] "You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement."[Captain Jack Sparrow] "...that's not much incentive for me to fight fair then is it?

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

I'm an old duck hunter. I like to go hunting where the ducks are. We're looking for votes. I think maybe poaching some of those soft Donald Trump Republican votes would be the place to go.

Chess is imagination.

In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other.

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.

In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.

You can run a lot of plays when your X is twice as big as the other guys' O. It makes your X's and O's pretty good.