“Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.”

As quoted in Winning Words : Classic Quotes from the World of Sports (2008) by Michael Benson, p. 181

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Fred Perry2

English tennis player 1909–1995

Titon Rahmawan

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”

Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author

“A stroke of the sword that does not hit its target is the sword stroke of death; you reach over it to strike the winning blow.”

Yagyū Munenori (1571–1646) samurai and daimyo of the early Edo period

A Hereditary Book on the Art of War (1632)
Context: A stroke of the sword that does not hit its target is the sword stroke of death; you reach over it to strike the winning blow. Your adversary's initiative having missed its mark, you turn the tables around and get the jump on your adversary.

“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.”

Lisa Lutz (1970) US author

Source: The Spellmans Strike Again

“Part of our evolutionary heritage is the ability to adapt -- species that survive, adapt. Humans adapt by altering their priorities to match evolving values.”

Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate

Source: Father and Child Reunion (2001), p. 242.

“The genius of the English has always been their ability to adapt.”

Roy Strong (1935) art historian from the United Kingdom

“Now his wars on God begin;
At stroke of midnight God shall win.”

W.B. Yeats (1865–1939) Irish poet and playwright

Parnell's Funeral and Other Poems http://worldebooklibrary.com/eBooks/WorldeBookLibrary.com/ytpafu.htm (1935). Supernatural Songs http://worldebooklibrary.com/eBooks/WorldeBookLibrary.com/ytpafu.htm#1_0_7 <br class="br">Context: p>Then he struggled with the mind;<br>His proud heart he left behind. Now his wars on God begin;<br>At stroke of midnight God shall win.</p