Funny Quote by Arthur Ashe

You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself... and when you reach your limits, that is real joy.

— Arthur Ashe

Play against the Game, not your opponent.

— Bud Wilkinson

I'm not an 'opponent.' I don't believe I should be treated as an opponent.

— Mikey Garcia

I think of myself as playing against the board, and not against my opponent.

— Daniel Naroditsky

It's always tricky to play against a player who you've never played against.

— Grigor Dimitrov

As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself.

— Frank Langella

I never picked an opponent.

— Royce Gracie

The problem with battling yourself is that even if you win, you lose.

— Caitlin Moran

I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves.

— Helio Gracie

One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent

— Siegbert Tarrasch

You never show what you are going to do; you always do what the opponent doesn't expect.

— Vitor Belfort

You're never really playing yourself. You're always acting. It's an illusion that you're really playing yourself. The only time I'm playing myself is when…

— Steve Guttenberg