Quotes About Tactics

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

Tell the truth or trump—but get the trick.

In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.

Football is not a contact sport. Its a collision sport

And this is the third place car about to lap the second place car.

I figured out Karl Rove's political strategy -- make gas so expensive, no Democrats can afford to go to the polls.

Nowadays, it is fashionable for agents to be out. When you call them, they're always "out." It's in, you see, to be out. If they're in, they're out. So, they're always out. That way, they'll be in.

If you put it on the table as a bargaining chip, it becomes a bargaining chip

The future belongs to he who has the bishops.

Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future ending.

Inflict the least possible permanent injury, for the enemy of to-day is the customer of the morrow and the ally of the future

In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer.

Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.

Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.

If you want to accomplish something in the world, idealism is not enough - you need to choose a method that works to achieve the goal.

What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal.

The best thing for them to do (Ireland) is to stay at 0-0 until they score the goal.

Moving first is a tactic, not a goal.

My goal is to keep him away from that and play the match on my terms so that I can be aggressive and not hesitate.

Everyone plays the ball over the top and, at the moment, we only concede goals from crosses or balls over the top. I feel we will adapt to that.

As we say in Portugal, they brought the bus and they left the bus in front of the goal.

The team that's on defense first (in overtime) has the advantage because they know whether they need a touchdown a field goal or just a score.

It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.

Make the opponents' goal more expensive than it's worth.