Pain was their body's way of telling them that they'd pushed themselves to their limits - which was exactly where they were supposed to be.

Knives are like credit cards; don't leave home without 'em and always carry several

The combat of WAR and an economic WAR have a lot of similarities. You do have to be skilled, aggressive, know your enemy and your strong attributes and limitations. Both skills are needed although one may be more natural.

I ask my children (all of them) to be what they want to be; just be the best they can at what they choose.

For the past weeks I'd been reacting. That was no way to win. To win, you take the initiative. You instigate the action. You make the opponent react to you.

There is only one kind of failure I cannot tolerate: the failure to risk failure.

The more thou sweateth in training, the less thou bleedeth in combat.