Quotes About Opponent

Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.

He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.

Water shapes its course according to the nature of the ground over which it flows; the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.

If we wish to wrest an advantage from the enemy, we must not fix our minds on that alone, but allow for the possibility of the enemy also doing some harm to us, and let this enter as a factor into our calculations.

Hence the skillful fighter puts himself into a position which makes defeat impossible, and does not miss the moment for defeating the enemy.

Military formation is like water—the form of water is to avoid the high and go to the low, the form of a military force is to avoid the full and attack the empty; the flow of water is determined by the earth, the victory of a military force is determined by the opponent.

He who can modify his tactics in relation to his opponent and thereby succeed in winning, may be called a heaven-born captain

Do not interfere with an army that is returning home because a man whose heart is set on returning home will fight to the death against any attempt to bar his way, and is therefore too dangerous an opponent to be tackled.

Comparar cuidadosamente el ejército enemigo con el propio, para saber donde abunda su fuerza y donde es deficiente.

a man whose heart is set on returning home will fight to the death against any attempt to bar his way, and is therefore too dangerous an opponent to be tackled.

the soldier works out his victory in relation to the foe whom he is facing.

If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant

Good warriors take their stand on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone to defeat.

yo sentía un vacío en el estómago, sentía asco de mí mismo por haber perdido durante la lucha la conciencia de que en el combate, enfrente de mí, había otro hombre.

I was told once that the most important part of a fight is making sure your opponent looks worse than you do when you're through.

Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.

Climbing into the ring, the best-prepared fighter is the one who has tried to understand their opponent. Especially if it's yourself.

Murigande was a tough opponent, the kind you were obliged to respect while dreaming every night of cutting him into little pieces.

when your opponent was at the net, it was often best to slam the ball right at their gut because he or she wouldn't know which way to move. You slow down their reaction time.

I'm afraid so,' he said. 'Ugh. Go on.' 'This whole thing is sort of like a boxing match,' Myron began. 'We've been ducking and diving and weaving and trying to keep away from our opponent. But we can only do that for so long. Eventually we have to throw a punch.' She made a face. 'Christ, that was lame.

Frémont failed in his presidential bid, losing the 1856 election to his Democratic opponent, James Buchanan.

I study the chessboard and concede defeat. You can gain yourself in five moves says the Colonel. Worth fighting to the end. In five moves your opponent can err. No war is won or lost until the final battle is over.

Whenever you play against Fred - we certainly did it - you let him get it because he has to take three or four touches. He doesn't know how to do one or two touches. Anyone that watches his game, he gets it facing the wrong way, turns, turns, chops, chops and he'll give you the ball three or four times a game.

WWE was looking for an opponent for The Undertaker. They needed someone for an upcoming pay-per-view. I was supposed to be just one and done.