Counter Attack Quotes

• It was a counter-attack and I had to take him down. I don't regret it and I would do it again if I had to.

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  Thomas Gravesen

  Regret   Counter Attack   Terrorism  

  4406

• One, if you attack my integrity, I will defend myself. If you attack my patriotism, I will defend myself. If you come after my family, I will counter-attack viciously, I will destroy you.

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  Scott Ritter

  Integrity   Passion   Counter Attack  

  3743

• A counter-attack can only arise when you make a mistake. That's why there are rules. A horizontal pass? Prohibited. In my line-up there are as many lines as possible. Because you must have the option to pass the ball forward, even if it's a meter. Because then I can still make up for the loss of possession. After a horizontal pass this is impossible.

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  Johan Cruijff

  Mistake   Loss   Counter Attack  

  3735

• The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.

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  Tim Ferriss

  Hater   Impact   Counter Attack  

  3157

• It is never ridicule, but a compliment, that knocks a philosopher off his feet. He is already positioned for every possible counter-attack, counter-argument, and retort...only to find a big bear hug coming his way.

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  Criss Jami

  Counter Attack   Feet   Hug  

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.108, Criss Jami

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• The accent in the counter attack style of play lays on the defensive team function, with the emphasis being on the defender's own half of the field and letting the opponents keep the initiative of the game. This is to take advantage of the space behind their defense for the buildup and the attack.

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  Rinus Michels

  Team   Play   Space  

  3420

• A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack.

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  Isoroku Yamamoto

  Military   Sleep   Pride  

  Remark to to Ogata Taketora, the Editor in Chief of Asahi Shimbun, on January 09, 1942. "The Reluctant Admiral". Book by Hiroyuki Agawa, 1979.

  3683

• At Arsenal we play a very attractive, offensive style so I always have to be aware of counter attacks when you have to shift your position a lot more.

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  Jens Lehmann

  Play   Counter Attack   Style  

  1072

• I will also ask my secretary of defense and joint chiefs to present recommendations for strengthening and augmenting our cyber command. As a deterrent against attacks on our critical resources, the United States must possess, and has to, the unquestioned capacity to launch crippling cyber counterattacks. And I mean crippling. Crippling.

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  Donald Trump

  Mean   Counter Attack   United States  

  "CNN Newsroom" with Carol Costello, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2016.

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• Call it a character flaw -- when under attack, I counter attack. Always.

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  Richard Marcinko

  Character   Counter Attack   Flaws  

  Richard Marcinko (2005). “Vengeance”, p.359, Simon and Schuster

  331

• What shall I say of the gallantry with which these Marines have fought! Of the slopes of Hill 142; of the Mares Farm; of the Bois de Belleau and the Village of Bouresches stained with their blood, and not only taken away from the Germans in the full tide of their advance against the French, but held by my boys against counter attacks day after day and night after night. I cannot write of their splendid gallantry without tears coming to my eyes.

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  James Harbord

  Taken   Eye   Writing  

  3523

• Allied supplies of arms to Russia, and the manpower reserves of Russia have been sufficient to bring continuous counter-attacks against our Eastern Front

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  Hjalmar Schacht

  Russia   Counter Attack   Arms  

  4728

• I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I have pulled myself in from desperate [situations]. When you are behind there are two strategies - counter-attack or all men to the defences. I’m good at finding the right balance between those.

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  Magnus Carlsen

  Men   Thinking   Winning  

  4585

• If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.

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  Jo Durie

  Player   Counter Attack   Initiative  

  3583

• A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.

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  Isoroku Yamamoto

  Military   Sleep   Pride  

  Remark to to Ogata Taketora, the Editor in Chief of Asahi Shimbun, on January 09, 1942. "The Reluctant Admiral". Book by Hiroyuki Agawa, 1979.

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