"The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the military effort at his disposal to force the battle to swing the way he wishes it to go; he must make the enemy dance to his tune from the beginning and not vice versa."
— Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
"The will to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare."
— Thane Yost
"Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top."
— Paul Coffey
NHL star
"Failure to prepare is preparing to fail."
— Mike Murdock
"Explosions are not comfortable."
— Yevgeny Zamyatin
"Sometimes we have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have to grow to meet it."
— Louis L'Amour
Bendigo Shafter