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.
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Hillary Clinton has a real history of uniting people, of being able to work with both Republicans and Democrats, of trying to fight for people's equal rights. Whereas we really see the polar opposite in her opponent.
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Play against the Game, not your opponent.
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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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I can't overlook any opponent because all fighters are dangerous. Every fighter is dangerous.
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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 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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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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You must not let your opponent know how you feel.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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... on the right occasion a bold choice of opening can unnerve even the most steely opponent.
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Every fighter fights in the ring the way his opponent lets him fight.
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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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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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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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When your team is on a losing streak, you schedule a game with a cream-puff opponent. Then you go with the hot hand.
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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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You can always tell the golfer who's winning: he's the one who keeps telling his opponent that it's only a game.
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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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I prefer being able to see my opponent. It is just different for me; I didn't grow up with the internet age really.
