Opponent Quotes

541 Opponent quotes by 340 unique authors

When you train, you should train as if on the battlefield. Make your eyes glare, lower your shoulders and harden your body. If you train… — Anko Itosu
The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent. — Criss Jami
I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of… — George Galloway
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent. — Mahatma Gandhi
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. — Baltasar Gracian
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. — Demosthenes
I learned from Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh that speed and explosiveness on defense is the way to build a team. Both are difficult for your… — Tony Dungy
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional W.W.F. wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and that… — Paul Feig
I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent… — Harold Ford, Jr.
The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an escape hatch for your opponent, so that he can gracefully… — Sydney J. Harris
The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study. — Jesse Helms
A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in… — Christopher Hitchens
A sight game is that I am hurt, but I aim to make you believe I am not even hurt, and with this confidence appearing… — Evander Holyfield
I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents. — Hale Irwin
If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game… — Anatoly Karpov
I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. — Soren Kierkegaard
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure,… — Vince Lombardi
Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. — Maxwell Maltz
American football seems to resemble soccer in that one scores by putting the ball through the opponent's goal; but football, truly is about land. The… — David Mamet
Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue. — Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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… — Jose Mourinho
The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never… — Chuck Noll
Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate… — Barack Obama
The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent. — George Orwell
Management must speak with one voice. When it doesn't management itself becomes a peripheral opponent to the team's mission. — Pat Riley

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