John Oates Quotes

You have to know the time to suffer, you have to know the time to attack, you have to know the time to defend.

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

You can make plans but if the opposition plays well, then all your plans become worthless.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.

He will be successful who directs his actions according to the spirit of the times, and that he whose actions do not accord with the times will not be successful

An opportunity missed once will present itself again, whereas a too hasty action can never be recalled.

Each outing is its own game. You roll on your game plan. It is a different chess match each time you go out there. I just try to be prepared.

I just know I can't force things. I've just got to play the right way, make sure I'm making the right play at the right time.

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.

When people ask, 'What role are you dying to play?' I always say, 'The one being written for me right now.'

The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese.

Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

The essential ingredient of politics is timing.

You've got to look and pick your shots - and that's where your class and skill comes out.

Quickness is the essence of the war.

The trick is to be there when it's settled.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

Life teaches you that you need to make decisions in the right time - not too early, not too late.

There is not only a right thing to do. There is a right time to do it.