Dedicated to Cus D’ Amato. You have taught so many that fighting starts in the mind in order for the body to get the job done. R.I.P.
Fighting is all about the allocation of resources: all factors required to support the implementation of a plan and the means required to achieve the desired outcome of winning a fight. Basic resources are power, speed, stamina, mental focus, ability to take damage and other. Conservation of resources is important. There is also risk, profit and interest involved in every choice made both in training for a fight and fighting itself.