Opponent Quotes

541 Opponent quotes by 340 unique authors

It is important that you don't let your opponent impose his style of play on you. A part of that begins mentally. At the chessboard… — Viswanathan Anand
President Ronald Reagan on his 1980 opponent: "I had a dream the other night. I dreamed that Jimmy Carter came to me and asked why… — Bob Dole
In executing an Artful Strategy: When ten times greater, surround them; When five times greater, attack them; When two times greater, scatter them. If the… — Sun Tzu
Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is. — Peter Ustinov
A mind to serve for the peace of all human beings in the world is needed in Aikido, and not the mind of one who… — Morihei Ueshiba
IF YOUR OPPONENT strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything.… — Morihei Ueshiba
IN THE ART OF PEACE we never attack. An attack is proof that one is out of control. Never run away from any challenge, but… — Morihei Ueshiba
Golf is the only game that pits the player against an opponent, the weather, the minutest details of a large chunk of local topography and… — Mike Seabrook
If you face a worthy opponent acknowledge their skills and show them yours. — Kiersten Warren
Anger. Control your anger. If you hold anger toward others, they have control over you.Your opponent can dominate and defeat you if you allow him… — Miyamoto Musashi
You about to play an opponent who is either bigger, stronger, faster or more experienced than you. Is there any hope at all? Absolutely, because… — Unknown Author
In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. — Andy Murray
I have finally mastered what to do with the second tennis ball. Having small hands, I was becoming terribly self-conscious about keeping it in a… — Erma Bombeck
The proper method of playing mixed doubles is to swipe the ball accidentally and straight at the woman opponent as hard and as accurately as… — Art Hoppe
I think that always myself is my worst opponent. I always playing against myself first and then to the other one. So I'm playing against… — Unknown Author
Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct. — Samuel Johnson
My opponent is Short and the match will be short. — Garry Kasparov
My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant'. — Unknown Author
Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, technique) are often too… — Alexander Alekhine
And the rigidity of the material with which we have to compose, is a more formidable opponent than Lasker or Capablanca. Because these lifeless opponents… — Unknown Author
You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove that you are the better player. — Marc Lowrance
The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do. — Garry Kasparov
Confidence is very important - even pretending to be Confident. If you make a Mistake but do not let your Opponent see what you are… — Viswanathan Anand
"Chess has definitely helped me understand a lot of the strategy of football. In chess, good offense is often an exercise in putting multiple points… — Unknown Author
The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in ju-jitsu, his own… — B. H. Liddell Hart

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