“Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“First I figured out where the sharp action was, where the guys who had a plan were, the guys who grinded. Took the guesswork out of it.”— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com
“But a good matador doesn't try to kill a fresh bull. You wait until he's been stuck a few times.”— Andrew Ross Sorkin, Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com
“A good matador doesn’t try to kill a fresh bull. You wait until he’s been stuck a few times.”— Andrew Ross Sorkin, Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com
“But whereas it is most certain that the King doth not only make speedy preparation in Spain, but likewise expecteth a very great fleet from the Straits and divers other places to join with his forces to invade England, we purpose to set apart all fear of danger, and by God’s furtherance to proceed b…”— Francis Drake, amazon.com
“When I'm not hitting, I don't hit nobody. But, when I'm hitting, I hit anybody.”— Willie Mays, baseball-almanac.com
“If you can do that - if you run, hit, run the bases, hit with power, field, throw and do all other things that are part of the game - then you're a good ballplayer.”— Willie Mays, baseball-almanac.com
“There is a systematic and methodical strategy to eliminate our people from doing business off 125th Street. I want to make it clear … that we will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business.”— Al Sharpton, amazon.com
“If a people or a nation can reach their objectives by disciplined and peaceful means, it would be a most honourable and admirable achievement.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.”— Bill Russell, sportsfeelgoodstories.com
“Red was a mathematician as well as a basketball man, and he drew on that as a coach. … Even in the final minutes of games, the abacus in Red’s mind was clicking away: ‘Okay, we’ve got three minutes, we’re up by ten, that means if we play good defense and don’t throw the ball away, we need three more…”— Bill Russell, csmonitor.com
“Most guys have a spot they like to start from, and nothing annoys them more than to see you there first, waiting for them. When I played Wilt, he used to get so annoyed when I would get to his spot because it meant he had to move me off his spot to start his game.”— Bill Russell, csmonitor.com
“A rebounder, or a shot-blocker for that matter, is always at a disadvantage if he tells himself the only way he can succeed is by outjumping the guy next to him. Sometimes he will have to, but most of the time he will not. … Most of my rebounds came from positioning, where I was able to get the ball…”— Bill Russell, csmonitor.com
“I loved making passes in from out of bounds because I could see each of my teammates so distinctly in the rush of bodies moving this way and that. … [B]ecause I had acquired enough technique, I could slow those bodies down in my mind’s eye before I released the ball.”— Bill Russell, csmonitor.com
“Because I knew Wilt as I did, I was always seeking to take advantage of his good nature. I did whatever I could to make sure I would never get him angry or fired up. My battle plan with him was always to keep him feeling as comfortable as possible with his own game. If he ever felt pressured or show…”— Bill Russell, csmonitor.com
“Midway is a gold mine for Southwest. This is seen by a lot of frequent fliers and business travelers as a low-fare alternative to O'Hare.”— Jim Brown, successories.com
“I thought we really kept our composure, kept fighting. We just kind of found a way to get it done.”— Tim Duncan, successories.com
“We were turning the ball over and we were giving up offensive boards. We needed to stop giving the ball up and blocking out better.”— Tim Duncan, successories.com