Thus those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle .... They conquer by strategy.

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.

Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

It is more important to outhink your enemy, than to outfight him

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow.

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

A leader leads by example not by force.

How focused you are, defines the intensity of success you are going to get.

Some of life's greatest wisdom comes from observing the lives of very lost people.

For a second, I see into the future: she's old and grey, she has senile dementia and can't remember my name. The thought pretty much breaks my heart in two.

Rehearsals and this band are two words that don't really go together, kinda like Military Intelligence.

Whenever I climb I have to also entertain.

Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.

Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.

I am an opera virgin; I'd far prefer to see a musical such as 'Guys and Dolls.

Life is too short to be small.