Opponent Quotes
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Cus was my father but he was more than a father. You can have a father and what does it mean?—it doesn't really mean anything. Cus was my backbone . . . . He did everything for my best interest . . . . We'd spend all our time together, talk about things that, later on, would come back to me. Like about character, and courage. Like the hero and the coward: that the hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.
Mike Tyson -
I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Like mortars in old war films, they are often ready to destroy the opponent's unsupported defences.
Alexey Suetin -
A lot of the techniques are similar in MMA. You just have to look at your opponent and their technique and tweak your game plan a little bit.
Dan Henderson -
A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.
Mahatma Gandhi -
We can't go in the ring and think opponent is going to be like that from the last knockout. We don't know how he is personally. We have to go in there and wait and wait and wait and see what he has because he is still a dangerous opponent.
Brandon Rios -
I love controlling a race, chewing up an opponent. Let's get down and dirty. Let's fight it out. It's raw, animalistic, with no one to rely on but yourself. There's no better feeling than that.
Adam Goucher -
The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.
Eric Snow
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We know how to show respect to our opponent, Juventus in this instance. This is what makes this win so great and significant. We have lost in Malmo, and tonight we wanted to do something good; we are really pleased we pulled it through
Christian Karembeu -
The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at the top of a mountain trail, the basketball player with the rough skin of the ball against his palm preparing for a foul shot, the tennis player at set point over his opponent - all of them savoring a moment before committing themselves to action.
George Plimpton -
You must not let your opponent know how you feel.
Alexander Kotov -
When your team is on a losing streak, you schedule a game with a cream-puff opponent. Then you go with the hot hand.
Bruce Bartlett -
That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.
Mahatma Gandhi -
You can concede to an opponent something he hasn't earned. It's one thing to underestimate an opponent. But maybe the worst thing is to overestimate. You always play your strengths. But that doesn't mean you become predictable.
Chuck Knox
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Every fighter fights in the ring the way his opponent lets him fight.
Vasyl Lomachenko -
You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game.
Evan Esar -
If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into the game, especially if your opponent's rooks are languishing in the corner. Kasparov has made a career out of such sacrifices.
Neil McDonald -
We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?
Bud Wilkinson -
I can't overlook any opponent because all fighters are dangerous. Every fighter is dangerous.
Brandon Rios -
If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head.
Harry Vardon
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Winning is nothing unless the opponent is worthy.
Carole Nelson Douglas -
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.
Jimmy Carter -
Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent.
Adolf Hitler -
If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off.
Nigel Short