Masahiro Tanaka Quotes

In some times of the game, you have to be more simple.

My thing is to execute the given play, execute the game plan to the best of my ability. If the option is for me to make a play when I have to, I will. Or I'll put myself in the best situation to do so.

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

I'm sure that everyone has been in a situation in their lives where they've had to change their game plan.

I'm very level-headed and business minded.

This is football, so you need to be clever to understand the moment and win games.

When there's something we weren't prepared for on the football field, you have to be able to use your mind, be creative, communicate, get lined up and get ready to do the play, get ready to execute.

To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.

I'm not the world's best philosopher. But I am one of the world's best strategists. I will put my strategic abilities against anybody on Earth.

When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.

'Toybox' is that kind of game that will stretch your mental capacity by doing very simple things like solving an easy puzzle of shooting aliens. You'll just need to do everything at the same time to make it through alive. Just to make things tricky, the tasks change every week so you can't get used to any set.

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.

Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.

I'm fascinated with films that deal with strategy because there's a right way and a wrong way to get the job done.

If football taught me anything about business, it is that you win the game one play at a time.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

I am not a bomber. I'm more about precision and being target-oriented. I have to rely on all parts of my game firing if I'm going to win.

Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.