Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring.

Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.

In my teams, the weights of the goalkeeper and the centre-forward never differed by more than a few kilos.

The ancients said: after victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

-- The admiral who destroyed the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

-- A 5th-century BCE Chinese military theorist whose

Hard pounding this, gentlemen; let's see who will pound longest.

-- The British general who defeated Napoleon at Water

Sweat saves blood, blood saves lives, and brains save both.

-- The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies

The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.

-- The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies

Intelligence is worth a thousand soldiers.

-- The Mamluk sultan who stopped the Mongol advance at Ain Jalut