Opponents Quotes

832 Opponents quotes by 548 unique authors

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
Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair play, respect for… — Michael Josephson
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
Computers are our only opponents that don't always have no excuse when losing against me. — Bobby Fischer
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
When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctrete… — Mikhail Botvinnik
The Irish Free State was one of dozens of new European democracies to emerge from the cauldron of the 1914-1918 war. It was one of… — John Bruton
People often find it easier to refute a fake extreme opponent than a more cautious real one, so they knock down the straw man instead.… — Unknown Author
There is no physical punishment in chess; suffering goes on inside the mind. You defend a bad position for hours, you suffer. You lose, you… — Lubomir Kavalek
In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA.… — Darrell Scott
Christine O'Donnell released a commercial in which she says, 'I'm not a witch.' That's pretty good, though not as effective as her opponent's slogan, 'I'm… — Jimmy Fallon
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. — Bruce Lee
It (Hinduism) is like the boa constrictor of the Indian forests. When a petty enemy appears to worry it, it winds round its opponent, crushes… — Unknown Author

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