Book: Jack Reacher, or is It worth dying. Page 1

But the benefit is always associated with risk. There is no such thing as something for nothing.
But rewards bring risks. There's no such thing as something for nothing. No free lunch.

You don't start a fight, but always make it to the end and never fail. You lose the battle when you think it over.
You don't start fights but you sure as hell finish, and you don't lose either. The best way to lose was to assume it was over when it wasn't yet.

The best weapons such as firearms, followed by knives and third place is chopping. Blunt instruments are at the end of the list. They slow down the speed, and in the case of a miss uncontrolled inertia becomes an additional adverse factor.
Shooting weapons are Best, second best are stabbing weapons, third best are slashing weapons. Blunt instruments are way down the list. They slow hand speed. Their uncontrolled momentum is disadvantageous after a miss.

But in the fights they were not involved. At least in the sense that when people pay for something, to fight to the bitter end - sometimes fatal. Bullying classmates at the gate of the school yard or in front of the cafe where they sell lemonade and ice cream, or late in the evening at the beginning of the summer season bowling - from the perspective of a real fight is like thinking, like two fat blokes chasing a ball in the Park, are part of the super bowl.
Except they had never had a fight. Not in the sense meant by people paid to fight or die. Pushing and shoving at the schoolyard gate or on the sidewalk outside the soda shop or late at night after a start-of-summer keg party was as far from fighting as two fat guys tossing lame spirals in the park were from the Superbowl.

Strength and brains. A dangerous combination.
Strength and brains. A dangerous mixture.

If in doubt, go left.
If in doubt turn left.

Coffee is a great cure - all.
Coffee, good for what ails you.