Stephen Potter

“If you're not one up, you're one down.”

“One-upmanship is the art of being one up on your opponent.”

“Lifemanship is the gentle art of getting away with it.”

“The expert is the man who can make the simple complicated.”

“Remember that the man who is first to say 'Well played' is the man who has won.”

“The aim of Gamesmanship is to get your opponent into a state of 'Gameweariness'.”

“Gamesmanship is the art of winning games without actually seeming to want to.”

“The art of winning games without actually cheating.”

“Speak with the quiet deliberation of a man who is not only confident of his own rightness, but who is also prepared to be patient with the obtuseness of his auditors.”

“Remember the basic principle of Lifemanship. The first and most important rule is: 'If you can't be a good sport, don't be a bad loser'.”

“To be a successful gamesman, you must be a bad sportsman.”