Outmaneuvering Quotes

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

How do you beat Bobby Fischer? You play him at any game but chess. I try to stay in games where I have an edge.

I've taken my beatings and learned how to get around and succeed against the big guys.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to those who see it coming and jump aside.

The difference between me and other Superstars is that I am more intelligent, possess a superior streetwise viciousness and am motivated by money.

These guys are playing checkers. I'm out here playing chess. When they figure it out, it's too late.

I just challenge the big guys and attack them, and use my quickness to my advantage.

A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

My unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused on what he's doing. He's focusing in on what you're doing, and it freezes him. When they freeze and you hit, they shatter like glass.

Wits always win, man, in the battle of brain versus brawn.

We want to create a problem for the defense, a moment of indecision as they figure out how they want to play against whatever formation we may show. We get a slight edge this way. Also, we create the opportunity for a defense to make more mistakes.

When you're young, you might not be ready to deal with the frustration of playing the big guys and dealing with their power. But we move better, we see the ball earlier, we can play faster. That's why you see smaller guys able to compete. We use the power of our opponent.

I think we can keep people off-balance and ultimately we have to go score points, score one more point than the other team.

I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.

Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.

Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.

If I was going to build a logical defense for myself in a match against Hulk Hogan, I think I would try to work on his legs. Take out any mobility.

Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.

Fighting, to me, seems barbaric. I don't really like it. I enjoy out-thinking another man and out-maneuvering him, but I still don't like to fight.

It's not just fleet of foot or speed. It's about who gets caught and gets knocked out.

For us, it's about winning. How do you do that? You score more points than the other team.

He's extremely clever and I learn always so much when I fight with Lewis. He always knows exactly what you are going to do next with his experience, and that's what makes him so good on track with the battles. He's not very aggressive, always very correct, but always very good to anticipate what you are going to do.

We'll try and be very aggressive, we'll try and speed up and change gears, and we'll see who's going to win.