Opponent Quotes

541 Opponent quotes by 340 unique authors

You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score. — Darrell Royal
O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent. — Walt Whitman
To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy. — Cus D'Amato
In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess. — Lennox Lewis
Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect,… — Kano Jigoro
In Randori we teach the pupil to act on the fundamental principles of Judo, no matter how physically inferior his opponent may seem to him,… — Kano Jigoro
In order to achieve victory you must place yourself in your opponent's skin. If you don't understand yourself, you will lose one hundred percent of… — Tsutomu Ohshima
The mind, if slackened even a little, will cause defeat, the same as fearing the opponent will make you unable to use full strength. — Kyuzo Mifune
According to the Captain of The Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, striking your opponent or caddie at St Andrews, Hoylake or Westward Ho! meant that… — Herbert Wind
What is Love compared with holing out before your opponent? — P.G. Wodehouse
You learn to accept defeat graciously in golf. Unlike other sports, the game itself is a constant opponent. It never stops. A golfer is fortunate… — Ben Crenshaw
...people think non-violence is really weak and non-militant. These are misconceptions that people have because they don't understand what non-violence means. Non-violence takes more guts,… — Cesar Chavez
I realize now that there's a strength in dunking that I can use to my advantage. When you dunk all the time it isn't as… — Kobe Bryant
I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my… — Magic Johnson
You can ensure the success of your attacks if you only attack places that are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if… — Sun Tzu
Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; [but] a creed is always sensitive. — James Anthony Froude
Poincaré was a vigorous opponent of the theory that all mathematics can be rewritten in terms of the most elementary notions of classical logic; something… — Eric Temple Bell
Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent. — Marvin Gaye
When you find your opponent's weak spot, hammer it. — John Heisman
We are at a good level. Our secret is that we play the same way against each opponent. — Lionel Messi
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of… — Sun Tzu
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across. — Sun Tzu
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not… — Sun Tzu
Remember the basic rule. Make friends with your caddie and the game will make friends with you. How true this is. It is easy to… — Stephen Potter
Always make your opponent think you know more than you really know. — Philip Sheridan

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