Opponent Quotes
541 quotes by 340 authors
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Hillary Clinton's opponent in the U.S. Senate race, the Republican she's going to be running against, has been married three times, had an affair with…
— Jay Leno
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Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: “When you know…
— Bruce Lee
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If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee,…
— Bruce Lee
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Hillary's opponent, in his entire campaign, every two or three weeks has said for months and months and months, beginning in Nevada, that really there…
— William J. Clinton
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Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.
— Shawnee Smith
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In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.
— Vasily Smyslov
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When you play a tiebreaker, you dont have time to think of anything, ... You have to go for your shots because one shot can…
— Elena Dementieva
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The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial…
— Dan Inosanto
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Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are…
— Stokely Carmichael
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Respecting your opponent is the key to winning any bout. Hold your enemy in contempt and you may miss the strategy behind his moves
— David Hackworth
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We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.
— Winston Churchill
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I was just glad I've got an opponent, to be honest. This is my third opponent for this fight prep. [I'm over the moon] to…
— Unknown Author
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If you can hit your opponent with two punches, you don't hit him with one. Get off with some bad intentions in there. Believe in…
— Cus D'Amato
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Work harder than your opponent.
— Kevin Durant
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The nicer the point, the more -- the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid.…
— Roger Federer
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I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.
— Mikhail Tal
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If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage.
— Mikhail Tal
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I believe most definitely that one must not only grapple with the problems on the board, one must also make every effort to combat the…
— Mikhail Tal
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I never defeated a healthy opponent.
— Savielly Tartakower
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Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
— Vladimir Kramnik
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