"Survival is knowing when to get out alive while you still can."
"I think that for a really long time we have fled because we thought that we couldn't win there so then we flee."
"The word 'negotiate' is a brave word. When you see that you are defeated, that things are not progressing, it is necessary to have the courage to negotiate."
"There is no shame in ceding the field when it offers no advantage."
"The Huts are moving out to hit Umbara, and there's not a lot I'm gonna be able to do about this."
"If your enemy is trying to retreat, build them a golden bridge."
"Learn when to throw in the white towel, it would behoove you."
"Q-taps is a technique where you can run to the monster and just before you hit it, you turn around."
"The most professional army in the world was forced to flee back to Boston."
"Retreat when necessary, prioritize necessity and wait for the right time to expand."
"Sometimes in life you have to move one step backwards if you want to move two steps forwards."
"It's okay to take a step back to move forward, you bang on."
"Sometimes you have to remove yourself from a situation that you know you're about to lose a challenge in. So I will open this door, take one last look, and I'm going to walk out."
"I suppose this is a step forward for you, but I'm afraid I don't have a tail at all."
"Retreat, retreat! Fighting on is futile, better to conserve resources for the next confrontation. We're out of here!"
"Hammond's mobility allows for getting out of harm's way effectively."
"If Reinhardt actually manages to hit a few people with his alt those people might still be a little too far away from him giving them time to shake it off and run the hell away from the screaming German embodiment of raw power."
"As the fleets of the galaxy retreated to what safety could be found, the Union advanced."
"Sometimes you got to get people off your back so you can get to the hill that you're carrying."
"Without her appearing, the Alliance would already be retreating back to their ships in the bay."
"Our goal is to take out a few of you, maybe just one, then we're leaving."
"They're abandoning ship, they're leaving. Yes, run in fear!"
"He doesn't lose his life but he is forced to escape so kills but now we see misfits looking for the collapse."
"Wow, what a massive flop and Queens just gets out of there."
"Take one step back so you can take two steps forward."
"Gaining a tactical advantage that's what it's called is not returning we're not we're not retreating we're just positioning yourself better to get the win."
"Failure is not an option and hey it's not retreating it's gaining gaining a tactical advantage."
"When everything goes red, it's time to run for cover."
"Sometimes it's the right move to leave you alone even if it feels bad for you during that game."
"Their purpose has been served by them staying there that only jeopardizes people's lives and it puts people in harm's way."
"Sometimes you gotta take those backward steps to go forward."
"Don't worry about retreating from a situation where you can't win. Even that is a kind of strategy."
"We've got a Fail-Safe position to fall back to."
"People running away tend not to win battles, and people who aren't winning battles tend not to write the history of those battles."
"The Imperial fallback, it's so important to when you get stuck in with the Empire do it on your terms or you're going to lose so many ships."
"You walk away, and I'm telling you that's gonna work in your advantage."
"Victory isn't defined by winning, victory is defined by knowing when to walk away."
"Getting out of there was unequivocally the best call and it did not matter what we did, that was going to be the Taliban's to take over."
"Tristana is really not balanced like why is EG going in I feel like EG should have just backed up and like recuperated."
"It takes more courage to retreat than to advance."
"Sometimes retreat is the only way to victory."
"It's not over, they're just laying low for a couple generations."
"Antony and Cleopatra loaded the treasury they had with them on their ships, gathered what was left of their navy and drew them up in two lines across the bay."
"This is a situation where even though we could have the best hand at the moment, we have to get out of the way."
"We have to give up our main base. It's sad but he knows what we were trying to do."
"Sometimes it is best to advance by retreating."
"The commanding officer made the decision to order a retreat."
"Don't be afraid to go back to base if you're low on mana. It's better than spending gold on clarities."
"Sometimes it's better to count your losses and save up your strength and ideas for a later date rather than having your vision corrupted and become a hollow shell of what it once was."
"Choose your battles wisely, sometimes it is the best thing to conserve your energy and walk away."
"Seeing the Blood Angels Fleet inbound, Abaddon ordered his warships to disengage from the beleaguered Unforgiven. This was not a retreat but rather a tactical relocation to superior positions."
"If you do walk away, walk away from a position of power."
"Being a stern-wheel boat, the Carondelet required room and time to turn around. To avoid being sunk immediately, she turned and retreated. I was not such a simpleton as to ‘take the bull by the horn,’ to be fatally rammed..."
"Allowing 300,000 Allied soldiers to escape from the port let the British regroup and was a huge morale boost for the Allies."
"The precious time that they bought allowed the rest of the Australian forces to safely retreat towards Singapore."
"Sometimes you have to learn when to take a step back."
"Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards."