Tackle Tactician Mugs

'Here.'

'Quick! Play dead!'

Football.

For successful sea fishing the type of tackle must be appropriate to the kind of fish one wishes to catch.

'Hurry, hurry! What's he saying?'

"But I've already made the ten tackles I'm contracted to make in each game!"

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

Man mourns the loss of his king after being checkmated.

Input From The Front Office

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

American Football.

"They play union in heaven... where do they play football?"

Carlo Ancelotti

"That was a rumor day."

'I've decided to skip my senior year and go directly into an endless cycle of unrealistic expectations and failure.'

Commando crashes into wall, instead of through window.

The Use of Cavalry

'Doctor, did you say 5 minutes of traction, or 5 hours?'

"You know very well what fish!"

Before instant replay.

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

'Blue Fox to Swat Team: execute on my count of three and when officer O'Rourke has fastened his bootlace.'

'Remember, shares can also go down...'

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

Fish to angler: 'Nice try, pal, but I know plastic and feathers when I see them!'

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

"It has come to my attention that there's a traitor in our midst."

'Don't forget. When this photo shoot is over I get a bucket of shiners.'

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."

'Don't ask me what play to call..I've only got a one year contract...you've got a four year scholarship...you decide what play to call.'

Kamakasi pilot instructor

'I don't know about you, Sam, but so far my clients aren't going for this cross between tradtional and online trading.'

'No slapping, Wilson! We don't start full-contact drills until tomorrow!'