Ray Dalio Quotes

Politics is about winning. If you don't win, you don't get to put your principles into practice. Therefore, find a way to win, or sit the battle out.

Obviously, I can’t say that the best man won, but the best policy did.

If it's a principle, it's a winner. If it's a tactic, it's a loser.

If you're good at it, you can win.

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

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

We want to learn all the game and play the best way and take to our advantage.

If you're going to play the game properly you'd better know every rule.

I'd rather walk off the park with two goals instead of one.

As a player, you want to win everything.

I'm not too worried about points and all that stuff. It's about making the right play.

Sometimes I play against a player who has a lot of support and I win.

Some people say there is a beauty about defending. Beauty is nice, but the most important thing is success.

Of course I would love to battle for victories and be up the front but it's always about where can you be, what are your alternatives.

Whether I win or not, it won't be down to inexperience and hopefully it won't be down to some sort of mental misjudgment.

The best tactics are those which lead you to a win.

I was a beat-the-system sort of player, but you can't beat the system, you have to prepare properly.

It takes a lot to be a good player. It takes a lot to be a winning team.

I just try and make the right play. It led to me leading the country in points and assists.

Everybody manages differently and as far as I'm concerned the results are the only thing that counts.

It differs from game to game, how aggressive I should be.

Every player wants to score more.

I want to win. I want to play serious. I want to be effective.

Very successful people say no to almost everything.

I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you - the whole playbook is in this book. If you're a Republican, and you're frustrated because Barack Obama is a great communicator, the playbook is in this book. And if you're a corporation who wants to satisfy his - their employees, how to do it is in this book. And finally, if you're an employee and you want to get a raise, whether at NPR or anyplace else, it's in this book.