Board Tactician Gifts

Man mourns the loss of his king after being checkmated.

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

The president's men

'Looks like your cash cow just got diverted to the slaughterhouse.'

Alternative fielding positions

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

'Uh - oh... this looks like an unfriendly takeover!'

Takeovers.

"That's Hicks from the corporate office. He's adorable, but trust me—when it comes to acquisitions, he's an animal!"

'My last comment appeared to be inviting feedback. Do not be fooled.'

Genius

'Competition is good...unless it's too good.'

"Huddleston, I admire your hands-on approach to everything, but get the hell out of my office!"

"As you can see, Simpson, I'm not the sort of man who's afraid of confrontation...that is you isn't it, Simpson?"

Carlo Ancelotti

'Jones, somewhere out there, we've lost our common sense. I want you to go and bring it back.'

"No, it hasn't anything to do with my presentation. But wait until you see how I hold everyone's attention with it sitting next to me at the podium."

"That was a rumor day."

"I was able to negotiate it from a hostile takeover to an uneasy alliance."

'Larry, you have everything it takes to go far in this company, but a word of advice: lose the laugh.'

'This is Osgood, our most essential man -- he thinks up new ways to limit warranties!'

'What say we set aside all our petty grievances and just hate each other on general principles.'

"Hi, I'm Cindy, the company's most toxic employee!"

'Remember, Henderson - Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and you've sacrificed your leverage.'

'Some executives have within them the seeds of greatness. Others are just seedy.'

ISIS needle in a haystack.

'let's see if we can find any loopholes in this 'honesty-is-the-best-policy' nonsense.'

"The change management consultant wants to move the meeting."

"You can't expect to get anywhere in business without making an enemy or two, Filmeyer."

"It's a dog-eat-dog economy. And I'm the Doberman."

"Remember, negotiating is like buying fruit. You don't know what you'll get until you squeeze 'em a bit."

"I said, 'Don't worry, I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.' That's when he called my bluff."

So what happens when you told Armstrong you wouldn't recite that Sinclair Broadcasting script? Oh, nothing. Sinclair sued me for everything I own, that's all. But the joke's on them: I've set up different LLC's for every aspect of my life. So all they could get were the assets of the LLC that they paid. This opens up a whole world of possibilities. I knew forming Rudy-has-next-to-nada LLC was a good idea. I am going to miss my ten cents and my broken wiffle ball, though.

'What else do you have going for you besides being aggressive?'

"Clearly, this pair were up to something. . ."