Playing Against Quotes
38 quotes by 34 authors
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The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing…
— Sean Connery
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When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder. Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle. If you do, someday…
— Pat Riley
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I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted.
— Kobe Bryant
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Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in…
— Oscar Robertson
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Have you ever played ping pong up against a wall? You get exhausted a lot quicker than playing against someone. It's the same with getting…
— Taeyang
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Playing against a defensive opponent is just as bad as making love to a tree.
— Jorge Valdano
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No matter who our opponents are, or who we are playing against, we want to win the game.
— David Beckham
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Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces
— Akiba Rubinstein
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You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose -on playing against Fischer
— Andrew Soltis
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People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
— Bobby Fischer
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At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very…
— Willie Mays
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I remember when I was 6 years old and my brother used to go seek out guys that were 13 to come over and play…
— Junior Seau
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The atmosphere generated by the fans in Celtic's stadium for our visit was the most impressive I've ever witnessed. The grounds of Liverpool and Manchester…
— Xavi
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Cricket is the only game where you are playing against eleven of the other side and ten of your own.
— G. H. Hardy
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Driveway basketball, playing against the boys, watching Magic and Michael.
— Michael Bamberger
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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…
— Gaston Gaudio
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I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them.
— Virginia Wade
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You're really playing against yourself. You have to learn what you can control and what you can't, and not let what you can't control affect…
— Mike Richter
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When you're playing against a stacked deck, compete even harder.
— Pat Riley
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I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues…
— Gary Neville
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