Lil Baby Quotes

I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.

We cannot assume that past successes will insure future successes.

People look for an edge in an uncertain world.

It is such an uncertain universe out there that you have to create what I call 'real' options and develop capabilities that will enable you to deal with an environment that will change anyway.

You don't want to lose what you have - fast guy, quick guy - you don't want to lose that, but work around it, keep that as your bread and butter.

Every competition is different... You can't plan for everything that happens.

I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.

If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.

But I don't bet the farm on any of those possibilities, either. I'm also preparing, intelligently, to walk away from this, and walk away from it happy to have had the experience.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

Memorizing a playbook is like memorizing a script. When they change the script at the last minute it's like changing a play in a game.

Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

I never had a plan. I have to say, I'm very shocked when people start a company and say, 'In five years I want to launch a perfume, or in 10 years I want to have this.' How can you know?

So yes, I do want to try and keep things going if I can. I have a few things brewing... And if it doesn't happen, I did buy an ice cream van a while ago. So I always have that to fall back on.

The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and we have no idea what will really be crises in the future.

I have learned that nothing is certain except for the need to have strong risk management, a lot of cash, the willingness to invest even when the future is unclear, and great people.

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

We can't continue to always base our strategy on the fact that the other guy is going to mess up all the time.

If we have as a clear certainty with which to plan, total uncertainty, then that would be helpful.

The future is always coming up with surprises for us, and the best way to insulate yourself from these surprises is to diversify.

I seem to - knock on wood - land on my feet and work, but you can never get too comfortable, and that's kind of a good thing.

If you're well-prepared, you know what you're doing, and you have an idea what the opponents can do - what their strengths and weaknesses are - once you get into the game, those adjustments will be - I won't say easy, but relatively easier and more manageable.

What is certain about the future is that even the best efforts to predict the conditions of future war will prove erroneous. What is important, however, is to not be so far off the mark that visions of the future run counter to the very nature of war and render American forces unable to adapt to unforeseen challenges.