Opponent Quotes
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Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up.
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Boxing is like chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalise on it. People think you get in the ring and see the red mist, but it's not about aggression. Avoiding getting knocked out is tactical.
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I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.
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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.
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When you play a tiebreaker, you dont have time to think of anything, ... You have to go for your shots because one shot can make such a difference. Thats the kind of shot that can break an opponent.
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Sometimes, quite out of the blue, sport will throw up a tender moment, when hostility ceases and an opponent is acknowledged.
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If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off.
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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.
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The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.
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Practice is tough. We try to purposely make it difficult on our players on whatever it is that we're trying to do during the week to get ready for that opponent so that we see the most difficult looks, so that we make our players aware of the things that could certainly impact the game in a negative fashion.
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Every fighter fights in the ring the way his opponent lets him fight.
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A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.
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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
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Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent.
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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.
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I have heard myself accused of being an opponent, an enemy of mathematics, which no one can value more highly than I, for it accomplishes the very thing whose achievement has been denied me.
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I guess there hasn't been a tough enough opponent for me to fight. But fighting a southpaw is OK. It's something different and maybe I need something different. I look at a right-handed fighter then I look at a left-handed fighter, and it's even better.
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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.
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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.
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That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.
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A nonviolent action accompanied by nonviolence in thought and word should never produce enduring violent reaction upon the opponent.
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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.
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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?
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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.
