'Jammeh is prone to making outlandish, bizarre, and one off statements'

On an international level however, the team achieves success much quicker.

Yet his party now seems to have fixed itself on the political landscape.

This is the Ali Frazier of motivation. Right?

A lot of people refer to it as the Man in the Arena quote.

BBC Scotland's Alasdair Lamont at the Tony Macaroni Arena

Indeed, China had shunned Japan s 1997 proposal to create an Asian Monetary Fund precisely because it worried that it would play second fiddle.

In the socio political arena, Augustus the Fool faces the Clown of Power.

Sarkozy is omnipresent both domestically and internationally.

Opinion polls show an improvement in its international reputation.

Good hockey, a great atmosphere in the arena as well as in the city.

Germany must commit itself to the strengthening of the EU's role as a global player.

Unfortunately, developing one is receiving too little attention in the political arena.

Politically, however, Russia behaves differently in the international arena.

And they go back and forth between this hive and the arena, via this tube.

That's what life is about, about daring greatly, about being in the arena.

Of course, democratization does not automatically guarantee better behavior on the world stage.

She is very discreet, a multibillionaire, and she rarely appears on the political scene.

In the international arena, Eban's pen was his sword, and the spoken word his lance. He was less adept in political infighting in Israel.

The status of Jerusalem is still an unresolved question on both the local and international scenes.

All that has changed is that both countries have been downgraded to smaller roles on the world stage.

This does not preclude individual initiatives on the part of the US administration in the Israeli Palestinian arena.

In the international arena, Eban's pen was his sword, and the spoken word his lance.

Only a government that is sufficiently powerful, in terms of legal authority and solvency, can do so.

In Germany, the Chancellor holds the strongest position among the key political players.

America's armed forces are an essential background to much of what the US accomplishes internationally.

There are four principal actors in this arena Israel, Egypt, Hamas, and the Sinai jihadis.

The devastating effects of the new Palestinian strategy on Israel s international standing cannot be denied.

Unfortunately, in the international arena these two conditions are almost never met.

But this strategy also requires India to embrace its place on the international stage.

What implications does China s emergence onto the global stage hold for southern Africa?

Inevitably, in the bright public square, Augustus the Fool, the poet, faces the Clown of Power.

The credit goes to the man in the arena whose face is marred with dust and blood and sweat.

And Japan s external position was strong, just as China s is now.

China understands that India s position on the world stage has been strengthening since the beginning of this century.

As it stands, China lacks the confidence and experience needed to navigate the international arena.

Complete strangers in the arena all thought he was so phenomenal they wanted photos taken with him.

But it also demonstrates the robust assertion of national interest by new players on the global scene.

But this will be impossible so long as Prime Minister Berlusconi dominates Italian politics.

The EU already possesses ample resources to make an impact on the world stage

In this regard, Hollande has a chance to succeed on the international scene as a truly pro European leader.

Russia is not alone in seeing oil as a means to transform its global standing.

Peru s domestic and international situation, however, will frame his main decisions.

Obsolete dreams of grandeur should not be allowed to interfere with a realistic and fair distribution of power in the international arena.

It was an important moment in China s evolution from a defensive to an offensive player on the international scene.