“One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.”

“He’s good inside, very good, strong physically. The one thing that surprised me the most was his quickness. And his defensive ability. He moves his head a lot, feints a lot. He’s not an easy man to hit.”

“There is something wrong with the way in which we make our decisions. The Government listen too much to the pollsters and the party managers. The trouble is that they are not even very good at politics, and they are entering too much into policy decisions. As a result, there is too much short-termism, too much reacting to events, and not enough shaping of events. We give the impression of being in office but not in power.”

“Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.”

“We regret not having the courage to make such and such decision; we regret much more having made one — any one. Better no action than the consequences of an action.”

“Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so”

“To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.”

“He has the quickness, he has the ability on the ball. Thiago Silva is an incredible player and extremely intelligent.”

“If you always make the right decision, the safe decision,
the one most people make, you will be the same as everyone else.”

“Obeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.”