Tactic Quotes

“The passed pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient.”

“Put 'em under pressure.”

“Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.”

“Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.”

“A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.”

“Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”

“The real action is in the enemy's reaction.”

“There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another.”

“We must be good at concentrating our forces to wipe out the enemy one by one.”

“Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.”

“To a lesser degree, the space of a tactic is the space of the other.”

“A tactic insinuates itself into the other’s place, fragmentarily, without taking it over in its entirety, without being able to keep it at a distance.”

“The tactical nature of the ‘ways of operating’ is its most general characteristic.”

“The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.”

“Make the bastard deny it.”

“I have always been a great believer in the inside game. The bunt, the steal, the hit-and-run—that is baseball to me.”

“If you're not shooting, you should be loading. If you're not loading, you should be moving. If you're not moving, you're a target.”

“In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.”

“If you have the ball, you must make the field as big as possible. If you don't have the ball, you must make it as small as possible.”

“The only tactics I admire are the tactics of a runner who instantly confronts his challenger, who will not let him get a step ahead.”