Situational Awareness Quotes

The true wisdom is to be always seasonable, and to change with a good grace in changing circumstances.

What people don't understand is that it wasn't about Dean or Eddie, it was about whether or not I was in the right place.

I'm able to see things and react certain ways, I try to slither through there and try to make a play.

One should be alert and know how to defend oneself in case something untoward happens.

Be wary when a naked person offers you his shirt

When you're doing mountain rescue, you don't take a doctorate in mountain rescue; you look for somebody who knows the terrain. It's about context.

Get used to the bear behind you.

Designing and implementing a strategy for change is a waste of time until you have discovered and embraced the current reality. If you don't know where you really are, it is impossible to get where you need to be.

They don't have intelligence. They have what I call 'thintelligence.' They see the immediate situation. They think narrowly and they call it 'being focused.' They don't see the surround. They don't see the consequences.

We'll take what the other team gives us. We'll scratch where it itches.

People are impatient. They want things to happen overnight, and have no idea of the circumstances and situations that can surround an individual at times.

I am someone, as a cricketer, who feels it's very important to be able to adapt quickly to the situation.

In new situations, I look carefully at appearances. In familiar ones, I glance.

You don't deploy forces into harm's way without knowing what's going on.

One of the important things as a captain or coach is knowing what's going on around you, and knowing the right thing to say at the right time.

I stared at the river far below. "Why did you park us on the mountain? Why not closer?" Bast shrugged, as if this hadn't occurred to her. "Cats like to get as high up as possible. In case we have to pounce on something." "Great," I said. "So if we have to pounce, we're all set.

I feel it's important for anyone to adapt; you never know what kind of situation you will walk into.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

I think I'm very good at reading coverage and knowing where I want to go with the ball before the ball is snapped.

Consistency isn't behaving the same way all the time.

I would always treat my attacking game as the more natural part. With defence, you have to get yourself in positions to understand the game and understand situations and that might not be as natural a thing.

If you're in politics and you can't tell when you walk into a room who's for you and who's against you, then you're in the wrong line of work.

I generally read everything about me. Based on my army experience, I think it's the right thing to do. Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and thought he was winning the war.

When I see Lionel Messi play soccer, he lets the game come to him. He lets the game unveil itself to him, then like a lion he eats the whole thing.

As a chess player I learn to adapt to new situations and always try to make the best move without looking back or asking why and how I ended up in a situation I ended up in.