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Quotes About Respect

You always need to have the highest respect for your opponents. If you see them fighting, you know you have to give something extra.
~ Frank Rijkaard
When I go into the ring, I don't hate opponents, and I certainly don't want to hurt them.
~ Joe Calzaghe
We have to respect the opponents but we also have to believe in ourselves.
~ Ronald Koeman
We always have respect for our opponents, but we will try to enforce our own game.
~ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Going up against a great champion like Cavani, giving each other hell for 90 minutes, then being able to walk off as opponents who respect one another is the beauty of sport.
~ Giorgio Chiellini
You don't have to go and criticize your opponents, how bad they are and so on. It is a contest of ideas. I got my ideas, you got your ideas right. We will let Singaporeans decide.
~ Tan Cheng Bock
We have to be humble and respect our opponents who are stronger than us.
~ Gennaro Gattuso
I respect all my opponents, but I fear no one.
~ Matt Barnes
I find it quite funny to see players rolling over trying to win free-kicks or get opponents booked. I've never done that, even at an early age. My friends would have just laughed at me.
~ Shaun Wright-Phillips
I respect all my opponents and they do the same thing that I do to get ready for fights.
~ Gegard Mousasi
When have I ever bad-mouthed any of my opponents? I never have. That's not my style.
~ Ryan Bader
You gain respect in your opponents' minds when you win a lot of matches.
~ Casper Ruud
I don't want to end up like some guys who have too much fun and start taking opponents for granted.
~ Shawn Porter
If the law does not give you what you want, you can oppose the law, you can work to change the law, but you cannot ignore the law. So it is fundamental that the constitutions of every one of our member states are upheld and respected.
~ Frans Timmermans
I chose 'The Voice' because I knew they had a lot more respect for each artist, as opposed to the other shows. They don't get it. I don't think those shows ever got it. I was turned off by some of the other shows and how they did things.
~ Will Champlin
I just want everybody to know that I'm opposed to an unauthorized biography on anybody.
~ Nick Saban
I don't usually say 'working mom' because I think all moms are working moms. I feel like that diminishes moms. People should say 'working dad' as opposed to working moms.
~ Pamela Adlon
Despite the occasional high decibel level, 'The Group' is not a shout fest. I don't simply want panelists with opposing opinions trying to out-shout one another.
~ John J. McLaughlin
I'm all for a great fan environment to cheer us if we're home and boo us if we're the opposing team. But some fans are over the line with the stuff they say, the stuff they do.
~ Matt Barnes
Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.
~ Margaret Heffernan
There are so many ways to make a living that don't involve hiding in bushes opposite houses of 18-year-old girls with a camera in your hand.
~ Jamie Dornan
I would consider myself one of the least misogynistic men in the country - if anything, just the opposite.
~ David Thewlis
Antiracism is direct opposition to any idea that supposes one race is better than any other in any respect.
~ Joe Thomas
When I first started the biggest thing I wanted was for the opposition to acknowledge me.
~ Dale Steyn