Quotes About Tactics

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.

Mine was an apparent forward movement whereas Burley's was a continuous serpentine movement.

Where Joe was more vocal and emotional whereas Chuck was very reserved. But, both of them executed great strategy and both of them demanded a lot of their players.

The massive thing that has changed for me was the game management aspect. I still get it wrong sometimes, we all do, when to attack and when to kick, how to control the game, speeding it up and slowing it down. Whereas I used to just go flat out, as hard as I can, get the ball out and get to the ruck as quick as possible.

In Italy, it is all about tactics and playing for a result, whereas in Spain, the focus is on technique and pace. In England, the game is based on aggression and non-stop action.

You used to be taught to let the ball go as far as possible and then drop it on the runner, whereas now it might be even more advantageous to direct the ball in front of the bag and get the guy on the leg.

In red ball cricket, with the field placements, you can look around, take your time, because you have five days to play, whereas in limited overs cricket, you have limited number of balls to play and score.

I've turned into a full-back who pushes forwards whereas in Italy usually the full-back concentrates more on defending.

Van Gaal does a good job wherever he is.

Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts.

If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles.

Charge-taking can be one effective way to affect the rim, but the whistle's gonna blow a lot.

What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian.

Alinsky's 1971 book, 'Rules for Radicals,' is a favorite of the Obamas. Michele Obama quoted it at the Democratic Convention. One Alinsky tactic is to 'Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.' That's what the White House did in targeting Rush Limbaugh, Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer.

After every move, ask yourself what does my opponent want to do to me, and how can I prevent it?

A lot of clay court players want rhythm. They want the time to play from the baseline, and it's about preventing them from having that.

I think that, in the end, the military behavior and intelligence services are not very different from each other. It's an attitude of hunters; they're observing the prey.

Gimmicks belong almost anyplace except a Republican presidential primary.

The purpose of the military is to close with and destroy the enemy on behalf of our national security priorities.

My priority is possession. Attack, get a lot of players in the opposition half, take risks.