Opponent Quotes

541 Opponent quotes by 340 unique authors

I was told once that the most important part of a fight is making sure your opponent looks worse than you do when you’re through. — Julia Quinn
A retaliator behaves like a hawk when he is attacked by a hawk, and like a dove when he meets a dove. When he meets… — Richard Dawkins
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself. — Arthur Ashe
Although Verwoerd thought Africans were lower than animals, his death did not yield us any pleasure. Political assassination is not something I or the ANC… — Nelson Mandela
Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well ... I'm alright. — Jane Espenson
True strength isn’t in killing—or ignoring—your opponent, it’s in having the will to shield those who need your protection. — Ilona Andrews
A good player who loses at chess is genuinely convinced hat he has lost because of a mistake, and he looks for this mistake in… — Leo Tolstoy
Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within. — Steven Pressfield
A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence will end up underestimating the power of his opponent. — Paulo Coelho
Patience will benefit you in every hour, every time and every opportunity. It helps you to overcome your opponent, howsoever strong he may be. It… — Unknown Author
When dealing with Canadians, it is advantageous to seem to be negotiating from a position of weakness, for when faced with an abject opponent, they… — Unknown Author
Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. — Linus Pauling
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting. — Sun Tzu
Fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round.… — James J. Corbett
A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision. — Donna Brazile
To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent — Johan Cruijff
Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature. — Bobby Knight
So it is that good warriors take their stance on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone… — Sun Tzu
Training is what you are doing while your opponent is sleeping in. — Unknown Author
When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd… — Dan Gable
I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have… — Bear Bryant
When an opponent declares, "I will not come over to your side," I calmly say, "Your child belongs to us already...What are you? You will… — Adolf Hitler
The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Sometimes, quite out of the blue, sport will throw up a tender moment, when hostility ceases and an opponent is acknowledged. — Harsha Bhogle
I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue,… — Bayard Rustin

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