The more dangerous my opponent is, the better I fight.

The more dangerous the opponent, the better fight I've fought. It always made me move in ways I'd never moved before.

— Eddie Alvarez

“If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.”

— Sherwood Smith

The only explanation on what's happened today is my opponent was better than me.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.

— Vasily Smyslov

I was Michael Chandler twice. I had to do his game twice. We've deciphered him, but he's still a very dangerous opponent. He's very…

— Patricio Freire

Let's talk about O'Malley. I see him as a dangerous opponent because he has good footwork. He has knockout power. He has a very…

— Merab Dvalishvili

“The more dangerous opponent than your enemy is your anger”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.

— Eartha Kitt

Each fight I want to be better than I was the last fight.

— Darren Elkins

Every boxer is tough for me. I don't think any opponent is better than any other. Every opponent is the same for me.

— Celestino Caballero

A final is about winning. You can't wait for the opponent to be better than you, or let them start to play their football.

— Davinson Sanchez

Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

— Shawnee Smith

The tougher the opponent, the better.

— Renato Moicano

I always say when the opponent was better.

— Alexander Zverev

I'm excited to fight in Abu Dhabi and to compete against Roy Nelson because he's a dangerous opponent and demands a lot of respect…

— Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira