Quotes About Tactics

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess.

Defensive and offensive lineman control the game and true sports fans know that.

The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.

I always try to attack. While I'm on the offensive, my opponent can think of nothing but defending.

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.

Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.

Football is a game played with arms, legs and shoulders but mostly from the neck up.

There is no such thing as a successful defense.

The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.

It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.

One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic point of view.

Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

Mourinho is a coach of titles, not football. Or rather, not a football coach if we understand the sport is a spectacle or entertainment for those who watch it, either at home or live in the stadium.

When you're prepared, you're more confident. When you have a strategy, you're more comfortable.

There's more to boxing than hitting. There's not getting hit, for instance.

Greg Jackson is a sport killer

The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in those days.

If they play dirty, then you play dirty.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.