Opponent Quotes

541 quotes by 340 authors

I have found life highly competitive. I accept it. It is useless, merely a hypocritical humbug, to sincerely wish your opponent to win. If you… — Percy Cerutty
Your biggest hurdle isn't your opponent, it is yourself. — Unknown Author
The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego. — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
If you go too far in fantasy and break the string of logic, and become nonsensical, someone will surely remind you of your dereliction....Pound for… — Richard Matheson
Playing against a defensive opponent is just as bad as making love to a tree. — Jorge Valdano
It's all very simple: if you score one more than your opponent, you win. — Johan Cruijff
When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded as… — Jose Raul Capablanca
I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which his… — Alexander Kotov
Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really… — Siegbert Tarrasch
Its just you and your opponent at the board and you're trying to prove something — Bobby Fischer
That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one — Bobby Fischer
Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces — Unknown Author
One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent — Siegbert Tarrasch
Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent — Mikhail Tal
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… — Jeremy Silman
You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one — Mikhail Tal
When asked, -How is that you pick better moves than your opponents?, I responded: I'm very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens,… — Alexander Alekhine
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player — Max Euwe
One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat — Siegbert Tarrasch
I won't play with you anymore. You have insulted my friend -when an opponent cursed himself for a blunder — Miguel Najdorf

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