Yet throughout history, great victories had come as much because of the losing army's errors as because of the winner's brilliance in battle.

But he held his tongue, because, in the back of his mind, in the deepest corner of his heart, he still had hope that Ender might do what could not be done.

They've never seen us make a move like that. They don't understand that, yes, humans will always act to preserve their own lives - except for the times when th…

Sometimes the other side is irresistibly strong, and then the only sensible course of action is to retreat in order to save your force to fight another day.

I found a 20 dollar bill once.

Americans like a winner. If you lose, you're nothing. I'm going to win, though. It's good for the match that Spassky has a plus score against me. We've met fiv…

Yeah, I'm going to try and play my best regardless of who I play. And seeing that he's the Ryder Cup captain, maybe it will help. I don't know. ... I feel fort…