Opponent Quotes

541 Opponent quotes by 340 unique authors

I grew up on the beach and played side-out scoring all my life, but rally scoring is better for our sport. There is pressure on… — Holly McPeak
To be successful in anything, a person must always want to be better, not only than your opponent but better than your last performance. Done… — Hale Irwin
Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up. — Unknown Author
Military tactics are like unto water; for water in its natural course runs away from high places and hastens downwards... Water shapes its course according… — Sun Tzu
If asked how to cope with a great host of the enemy in orderly array and on the point of marching to the attack, I… — Sun Tzu
They are a very tough opponent, and they took us the first game. So we want our revenge, and we are going to go right… — Unknown Author
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless. — Magnus Carlsen
I don't want to give my opponent the satisfaction of watching me celebrate, which would make it look like a big deal that I beat… — Unknown Author
Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent. — Adolf Hitler
Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over… — Al-Shafiâ€˜i
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

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