Opponents Quotes - Page 2

My opponent called me a cream puff. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

Arsenal have won that advantage, nobody gave it to them. By playing fantastic football and by winning matches and by winning trophies, they won that respect that the opponent has for them.

Hamas, the opponents of Arafat, the opponents of peace, urged a boycott of the election, and yet there was an 85 percent turnout where Hamas is supposed to be strong. Isnt that really quite incredible?

We see now that infringement of freedom is necessary with regard to the opponents of the revolution. At a time of revolution we cannot allow freedom for the enemies of the people and of the revolution. That is a surely clear, irrefutable conclusion.

When the identity is realized, I as swordsman see no opponent confronting me and threatening to strike me. I seem to transform myself into the opponent, and every movement he makes as well as every thought he conceives are felt as if they were my own and I intuitively...know when and how to strike him.

The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.

Instead of trying to prove your opponent wrong, try to see in what sense he might be right.

When one has shot down one's first, second or third opponent, then one begins to find out how the trick is done.

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.

After a match, my opponent goes to the hospital and gets an IV and I have a martini.

My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake.

Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him

I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with great respect.

Do not be afraid to get close to your opponent. The closer you are, the more you will learn.

When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctrete variations.

If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw

I definitely want to show how beautiful the marathon can be. I am the opponent of all those who find the marathon bad: the psychologists, the physiologists, the doubters. I make the marathon beautiful for myself and for others. That's why I'm here.

People ask if I hate my opponents; I don't. I love them. They are the ones that actually make me bring the best I have.

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.

When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent.

The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.

Its just you and your opponent at the board and you're trying to prove something

Respect every opponent, but fear none.

A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself