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Respect yourself, your Opponent and the Game -- Chris Carter
The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do. -- Garry Kasparov
Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere. -- Morihei Ueshiba
Confidence is very important - even pretending to be Confident. If you make a Mistake but do not let your Opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the Mistake. -- Viswanathan Anand
Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent. -- Marvin Gaye
Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent. -- Marvin Gaye
If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him. -- Sun Tzu
Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either. -- Nancy Pelosi
The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent. -- George Orwell
To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace. -- Morihei Ueshiba
I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform. -- Ryne Sandberg
I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out. -- Wladimir Klitschko
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 feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. -- Soren Kierkegaard
Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people. -- Manny Pacquiao
Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate. -- Sun Tzu
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack. -- Sun Tzu
Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures. -- Vince Lombardi
Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate discourages the speech that triggers the matching funds. -- Bradley A. Smith
Regardless of the obstacles or hurdles that are ahead of you, regardless of the opponent, regardless of the odds, your goal and objective always is to win. I think that's part of sports. -- Grant Hill
In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's condition. Usually this is a member of the family. -- Alfred Adler
The bigger my chest is, the more it gets in the way. It just creates space. It makes me much more efficient if I don't have so much in the way between me and my opponent. -- Ronda Rousey
If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier. -- Viswanathan Anand
If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. -- Thomas J. Watson
I like tricks; I like to dazzle. Dribbling and leaving your opponent on his backside is what life is for. If I achieve what I want to, then I'll mark a distinct era in football. I'm the Che Guevara of modern soccer. -- Sergio Aguero
I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do. -- Kate Beckinsale
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed. -- Jimmy Carter
This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today. -- Roger Federer
All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it was like having spent a lifetime in a boxing ring with an opponent and suddenly finding yourself in that boxing ring with nobody else and realising you've to take the gloves off and get out, and reinvent yourself. -- Athol Fugard
I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses. -- Jimmy Connors
Work harder than your opponent. -- Kevin Durant
The difficult opponent is the best. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I never defeated a healthy opponent. -- Savielly Tartakower
Respect every opponent, but fear none. -- John Wooden
One should respect a defeated opponent! -- Alexander Khalifman
My toughest opponent has always been me. -- Muhammad Ali
Play against the Game, not your opponent. -- Bud Wilkinson
It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's men -- Savielly Tartakower
Creative memory is the historian's most subtle opponent. -- Mason Cooley
Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself. -- Paul Begala
Heraclitus was an opponent of all democratic parties. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
To injure your opponent is to injure yourself. -- Paulo Coelho
Never quit politicking and never underestimate your opponent. -- Gus Franklin Mutscher
Do not let your opponent see your spirit -- Miyamoto Musashi
I look in the mirror, my only opponent -- Jay-Z
Possession means nothing when the opponent takes its chances -- Franz Beckenbauer
Your biggest hurdle isn't your opponent, it is yourself. -- Brandon Todd
Respect your opponent, just make them respect you more. -- Georges St-Pierre
How do you fight an invisible opponent like suspicion? -- Lance Armstrong
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across. -- Sun Tzu
I don't worry about what my opponent is doing. -- Maria Sharapova
Cause your opponent to repent, then let him fall -- Kyuzo Mifune
When you find your opponent's weak spot, hammer it. -- John Heisman
Let your opponent show you how to defeat him -- Wong Shun Leung
There is no greater danger than underestimating your opponent. -- Laozi
Always assume your opponent to be smarter than you. -- Walther Rathenau
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. -- James M. Barrie
I won't hold my opponent's youth and inexperience against him. -- Ronald Reagan
Your biggest opponent isn't the other guy. It's human nature. -- Bobby Knight
My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy. -- Renzo Gracie
You play ball against yourself; your opponent is your potential. -- Bobby Knight
What is Love compared with holing out before your opponent? -- P. G. Wodehouse
It is impossible to outplay an opponent you can't outthink. -- Lawson Little
You never lose a game if the opponent doesn't score. -- Darrell Royal
You must not let your opponent know how you feel. -- Alexander Kotov
Conquering evil, not the opponent is the essence of swordsmanship. -- Yagyu Munenori
My opponent is Short and the match will be short. -- Garry Kasparov
I definitely miss the rush from wiping out an opponent. -- Bruce Pandolfini
The height of strategy, is to attack your opponent's strategy. -- Sun Tzu
Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him. -- Vince Lombardi
If an opponent won't watch you bet, then you probably shouldn't. -- Mike Caro
That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence. -- Mahatma Gandhi
You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself. -- Arthur Ashe
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents. -- Hale Irwin
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. -- Oren Arnold
The more you attack, the more your opponent will make mistakes. -- Marcelo Garcia
My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder. -- Zinedine Zidane
If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel. -- Mark Russell
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. -- Demosthenes
Never take your eyes off your opponent... even when you bow... -- Bruce Lee
If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself? -- Georges St-Pierre
I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair. -- Andre Agassi
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge. -- Lucan
It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. -- Yann Martel
Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law -- Demosthenes
You should be a missile and go and destroy your opponent. -- Carlson Gracie
To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent. -- Johan Cruyff
If you face just one opponent, and you doubt yourself, you're out-numbered -- Dan Millman
Racing is licking your opponent's plate clean before starting on your own -- Tim Krabbe
In order for non-violence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. -- Kwame
Always make your opponent think you know more than you really know. -- Philip Sheridan
To win you have to score one more goal than your opponent -- Johan Cruijff
You are not just fighting one opponent. You are fighting the unknown. -- Masaaki Hatsumi
You have to rip your opponent's lungs out and then move on. -- Al Gore
In golf, as in no other sport, your principal opponent is youself. -- Herbert Wind
Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness. -- Emma Goldman
Training is what you are doing while your opponent is sleeping in. -- Brian Owen
When your opponent gives you an opening, be swift as a hare. -- Sun Tzu
The true opponent in a debate on emptiness is your own ego. -- Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
That enemy warrior appears to be a formidable opponent. I relish the challenge. -- Zhao Yun
The satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces -- Akiba Rubinstein
If you face a worthy opponent acknowledge their skills and show them yours. -- Kiersten Warren
I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake. -- Emanuel Lasker
I'm not scared of any opponent. I fight who I want to fight. -- Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Chemotherapy is an opponent in itself - simultaneously curing you and hurting you. -- Jenna Morasca
Anger and fear are disabling trait behaviours, instilled in the opponent with care. -- Moonn Tzu
What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court. -- Rafael Nadal
Relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow your opponent's movement. -- Yip Man
I didnt want my opponent to know there was anything wrong with me. -- Mary Pierce
Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent. -- B. H. Liddell Hart
If you're up against a smart opponent, make him think himself to death. -- C. J. Cherryh
Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent. -- Lennox Lewis
In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won. -- Miyamoto Musashi
In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent. -- Vasily Smyslov
I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either. -- Arnold Palmer
In war, the key to victory is the ability to surprise one's opponent. -- Paulo Coelho
You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance. -- Michelle Wie

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