Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.

I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father’s head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

T stands for being nice. T stands for manners. T stands for being polite.

These young guys are playing checkers. I’m out there playing chess.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

The goal of jiu-jitsu in self-defense isn’t to take someone down to the ground – the goal in jiu-jitsu for self-defense is actually to be able to defend yourself on the ground, get up, and get away from an attacker. That’s what the goal is.

It’s a lose-lose situation to get in a confrontation on the street. If you can break contact and get away, break contact and get away. That’s what you should learn self-defense for.

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.

My mother always told me it wasn’t polite to ask what people make.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

There are good examples of companies – Coca-Cola is one – that invested before there was a huge market in countries, and I think that ended up playing out to their benefit for decades to come.

You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it.

If you ever see The Rock working out in the gym, don’t think you can just go up and disturb his workout and expect him to take a picture. He’s there to work, so kindly just pass the silverback on by or he’ll rip your face off.

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

The military can buy our diplomats some time.

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

I don’t think there’s been anything in the game of football in my lifetime that has changed college football more than redshirting.

I don’t do any vulgar movements.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

There are definitely designers that I love, people I love to work with. And who they are as people matters. Are they good people? Do they treat their staff well? Do they treat my staff well? Are they young? Can I give them a boost? But when all of that is equal… is it cute?

The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.

It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up.

Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don’t believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can’t possibly foresee now.

The thing about Jiu Jitsu is it is also not for everybody. It can be very humiliating and humbling. If you have a hard time dealing with the fact that someone smaller than you may be able to tap you out, it is going to be difficult.

I have my flaws too, but I am a professional who doesn’t like to miss or lose.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

Football is a game you cannot play without making mistakes.

Three o’clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.

War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

When we have the ball, the other team has to run. The most important thing is for the players to be prepared to be a little bit wild.

I know I’m a good professional, I know that no one’s harder on me than myself and that’s never going to change, under any circumstances.

It’s tough to negotiate from a position of weakness.

You can play fast but not in a hurry. As a point guard, I can dictate that.

An army marches on its stomach.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy’s aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

I’m bad at picking heroes.

The future is purchased by the present.

A gentleman is never rude except on purpose – I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

Begin with the end in mind.

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he’s losing; nobody wants you to quit when you’re ahead.

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.

From a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. That’s how Virgin is run. Fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group run our businesses, allowing me to think creatively and strategically.