Your Opponent Quotes

161 Your Opponent quotes by 118 unique authors

"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
Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but with actions, by… — Marc Morial
If you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from. — Barack Obama
Fighters are afraid of conditioning, they are afraid of getting tired, but I don’t want to have anxiety or be afraid of anything. I can… — Nick Diaz
When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent. — Miyamoto Musashi
When two men step into the ring, one and only one deserves to win. When you step into the ring, you gotta know you deserve… — Cus D'Amato
In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness. — Savielly Tartakower
One does not succeed by sticking to convention. When your opponent can easily anticipate every move you make, your strategy deteriorates and becomes commoditized. — Garry Kasparov
If your opponent wants to fight, the fight will be very interesting not just for the audience, but for myself. — Vitali Klitschko
When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent. — David Bronstein
Only play into a variation in which your opponent is strong if you have your own personal novelty ready! — Edmar Mednis
Never take your eyes off your opponent... even when you bow... — Bruce Lee
Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you. — Walther Rathenau
You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance. — Michelle Wie
Cause your opponent to repent, then let him fall — Kyuzo Mifune
When the last point is done, we are humans. Give your opponent a hug and say, ‘great fight,’ and that’s all. — Novak Djokovic
If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Through courtesy you will take a humble attitude toward your opponent in training & be grateful to him. — Shigeru Egami
Life is a game board. Time is your opponent. If you procrastinate, you will lose the game. You must make a move to be victorious. — Napoleon Hill
The big rules of knife fighting are (a) do not try it at home, and (b) the whole point is never, ever use the blade.… — Keith Richards
If your opponent is short (on time), play just as you played earlier in the game. If you are short keep calm, I repeat, don't… — Alexander Kotov
You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential. — Bobby Knight
If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you. — Donna Brazile
When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad. — Siegbert Tarrasch
If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you,… — Martin Van Creveld

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