Quotes About Strategy

The more dangerous my opponent is, the better I fight.

You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.

Every fighter fights in the ring the way his opponent lets him fight.

I think of myself as playing against the board, and not against my opponent.

You don't want to be down 2-0 in a series. It's always important to try and get one on the opponent's home court. It makes your job at home easier.

That has to help if you know the mentality of your opponent, and how he wants to play.

I didn't want my opponent to know there was anything wrong with me.

I do like match play. I like trying to match an opponent shot for shot. It's a challenge. And it's something different.

Practice is tough. We try to purposely make it difficult on our players on whatever it is that we're trying to do during the week to get ready for that opponent so that we see the most difficult looks, so that we make our players aware of the things that could certainly impact the game in a negative fashion.

Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you.

I don't focus much on video. I watch here and there, perhaps two or three of my opponent's fights. That gives me a good idea of his style.

Even when my opponent hits a very good shot, I don't just want to get it back. I want to get it back so they have difficulty. And then I can control the point.

I come in the ring to feel, check, and see my opponent. Then I understand him and understand the fight.

I'm not going to go out there and have these slugfests, but I'll go out there and dominate my opponent. That's what I do in my fight.

I think Marriaga is a very good opponent for me. It's very hard when you have to find the keys to his defense. If people don't understand boxing, they don't know what he's capable to do. I understand it all.

The more irrational you make your opponent, the more control you have over him in the ring.

In the centre, you play more with your back to the opponent's goal and have to move into the gaps.

To show respect for the opponent is to go and kill with every single action. That is the way you show it. You need to be aggressive. That is how I understand football.

You never show what you are going to do; you always do what the opponent doesn't expect.

I always fight better when my opponent's angry.

When you're little, you're taught not to look at, like, if your opponent gets angry or anything.

You can have a bad opponent out there and still get the job done. You just have to work around certain things.

I never really have a game plan other than to finish my opponent as quickly as possible.

It's often my opponent's plan to take me into the later rounds, but the amount of damage that has accumulated on them means they don't hear the final bell.