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Quotes About Respect

To be respectful to opponents is to play hard against them.
~ Jill Ellis
Even after defeating India, I still have the highest respect for them as opponents.
~ Inzamam-ul-Haq
I think it's normal that, the first time you meet Federer or Murray or Djokovic, you're going to get nervous. But after a while, they become normal opponents, people you see every week. That's the way you have to think. You can't think of them as legends. When you see someone on court, you have to treat every opponent the same way.
~ Alexander Zverev
If I play at cards, I want to win and, coming into the games, I want to win, always, with the best result, with the respect to our opponents.
~ Frank de Boer
I feel good next to Zlatan. He is a player of great class. He scares opponents because he can score at any moment.
~ Edinson Cavani
I don't like to disrespect people or my opponents. Anything can happen.
~ Demetrious Johnson
Reveling in our opponents' missteps and losses drags us down as a country and diminishes our potential as people.
~ Cathy McMorris Rodgers
I focus on my opponents the same way whether they are a champion or not.
~ Lyoto Machida
All the time, I said to my players, 'I don't care about the name on the badge or the name of the opponents.'
~ Claudio Ranieri
We will respect all our opponents, as we always do.
~ Sergio Ramos
I think if you are champ, you shouldn't choose your opponents.
~ Cris Cyborg
A backheel is good if it works, not if it disrespects the opponents.
~ Arjen Robben
It's business inside the ring, but outside it, it's friendship and brotherhood. I try to do that with all my opponents.
~ Joseph Parker
Most opponents aren't Ronaldo! You have to show him respect but not too much, because that's when you get taken advantage of.
~ Trent Alexander-Arnold
It's a challenge, but every single German or Canadian I want to beat, I still have to love them. That means competing the way God wants me to compete and helping my opponents if they have a need.
~ Elana Meyers
I don't care if my opponents are cheating or not.
~ Demetrious Johnson
I don't bash my company. I don't bash my opponents. I don't miss weight.
~ Demetrious Johnson
I don't have any ill will towards any of my opponents. I understand we are the highest calibre of athlete in this sport, and we will both go and give it our all. But I don't want anyone to misinterpret what I am saying: when we step into that octagon and we touch gloves, I am going to break his face.
~ Robert Whittaker
I respect all my opponents.
~ Cris Cyborg
We have to respect the opponents.
~ Arjen Robben
We must recognize our opponents' merits.
~ Lyoto Machida
I don't think it's a good M.O. to disrespect your opponents, and maybe that's why the teams that disrespected me and my team lost to us.
~ Christian Laettner
I try to build up people, not break them down, and in politics, it seems now the game is breaking down your opponents.
~ Margaret Trudeau
We respect all our opponents.
~ Sergio Busquets