“The Heisman attention has definitely been a little bit of a surprise. It's been out of my hands. It's something I'm not focused on. I'm focused on the season and trying to win as many games as possible.” TryingLittlesHandsGamesWinningBitsAttentionLittle BitSeasonsSurpriseFocused Author:Johnny Manziel
“It's been an incredible few weeks for Emma Pooley, first winning three stages in the Giro Rosa to demonstrate that she's the best climber in the women's peloton, then lining up for La Course - a race she helped to make happen - on the Champs-Elyses. So, it may come as a surprise to hear that she will retire after the Commonwealth Games road race on Sunday.” FirstsMayHappensThreeCoursesGamesWinningRaceWeekStageSurpriseIncrediblesSundayRetiringCommonwealthEmmaClimbersRosaLining UpCommonwealth Games Author:Emma Pooley
“He [Julius Caesar] learned that Alexander , having completed nearly all his conquests by the time he was thirty-two years old, was at an utter loss to know what he should do during the rest of his life, whereat Augustus expressed his surprise that Alexander did not regard it as a greater task to set in order the empire which he had won than to win it.” KnowsShouldYearsTwoOrderWinningLossGreaterTasksRegardSurpriseThirtyEmpiresTwo YearsConquestJuliusAugustusTwo Year Olds Author:Augustus
“The conventional wisdom is often wrong. Crime didn't keep soaring in the 1990s, money alone doesn't win elections, and - surprise - drinking eight glasses of water a day has never actually been shown to do a thing for your health. Conventional wisdom is often shoddily formed and devilishly difficult to see through, but it can be done.” DonePainWinningDifficultWaterCrimeElectionDrinkingSurpriseGlassesEightTherapyInjuryConventionalSoarConventional Wisdom Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy, if possible; and when you strike and overcome him, never let up in the pursuit so long as your men have strength to follow; for an army routed, if hotly pursued, becomes panic-stricken, and can then be destroyed by half their number. The other rule is, never fight against heavy odds, if by any possible maneuvering you can hurl your own force on only a part, and that the weakest part, of your enemy and crush it. Such tactics will win every time, and a small army may thus destroy a large one in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible.” IfsMenMayLongFightingWinningForceNumbersHalfEnemyVictoryOvercomingArmySurpriseDetailsHeavyStrikesPursuitDestroyedCrushPanicOddsTacticsPursuedMisleadInvincibleHaving Strength Author:Stonewall Jackson