Quotes About Tactics

It is vital to maintain possession and to win it back as soon as possible, because if we win it high up, then the opposition has to run 70 metres.

Both when you defend and when you attack it needs to be about possession and positioning is vital.

I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.

If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot do so, it in effect loses the advantage of being a big power.

Power works best when it is indirect - never coercing people; instead, getting them to voluntarily align with your interests.

Some players like to add a little more spice to their no-limit Hold 'em game. They add a live blind, also known as a straddle, where the player to the left of the big blind voluntarily puts up twice the big blind before looking at his hole cards. The player in the straddle then has the option to raise it up when the action returns to him.

If I say I like one person, that means everybody that voted for the other person doesn't like me. So, why would I do that?

Voter suppression laws, overzealous filibuster use, you name it - the Republicans use every tactic they can to stop our democracy from actually selecting the person with the most support.

Voter suppression is at the very core of the Trump re-election strategy.

No matter how many times the court shuts them down or how many Americans speak out to defend their rights, Republican politicians who stand to gain from suppressing voters won't back down. They'll only change their tactics.

Microtargeting, as its name implies, is a way to identify small but crucial groups of voters who might be won over to a given side, and which messages would do the trick.

Coach Kiffin calls plays based on matchups and what he sees.

If it was a very senior team you can sit back and strategize. But for a young team you need be in the middle.

There's no sentiment in football.

Communication is always important, but it's a separate type of language in football.

A good coach is someone who can break down players, someone who is good with angles, setting up points on the court.

Sometimes you have to shield, and sometimes you have to press.

Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do.

Don't give them 3-point shots if that's what they're trying to do and embarrass you in any way.

Well, I've shown the art of counter-punching throughout my career.

You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.

You have to win on the ball.

I've always thought it was a beautiful game and that the ball should be passed around. I also believe you can create goalmouth excitement without resorting to the long-ball game.

Dot balls help build pressure, so even if you are not getting wickets, somebody from the other end is getting wickets, and the job is done.