Quotes About Opponent

Once I get an opponent, I'm locked into him.

I want to fight every opponent and take them out, no matter who it is. I'm here to prove I'm the best in the division.

As a player, I loved being tackled, whether it was in training or in a game. I took a full-blooded challenge as an invitation to do exactly the same thing to an opponent. I would wait for my opportunity and nine times out of 10, I would get him back.

Whatever UFC wants to do or any opponent they want to give me, I'll be ready for that.

The opponent has the chance to win the match, and I have a chance to win the match. It's open, and I have just to do everything I can there.

I can honestly say that every time I go on court, I see the opponent in a competitive way, but not a rival.

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.

I always played my best when I respected my opponent and was a little scared of them because they could beat me. Every game I played in college, that was the case.

Liverpool are a very powerful opponent.

You always have to put pressure on an opponent.

You will not create a lot of chances in every game, but if you stop the opponent getting chances, you will win more.

In politics, your opponent can be far more important than your vision.

What the Bernie campaign showed us was that you could out-raise a well-funded opponent with grassroots donations, and you could out-voter-contact them, too.

It's not being disrespectful, but the less you know an opponent, the more work you have to do.

I would say my hardest opponent that I have to face has to be probably Rod Strickland. He's very strong. He's a guy who gets to the basket, and when his jump shot is on, it's really hard to stop him.

You are there to score goals, and doing so shows respect for your opponent, it demonstrates that you are taking him seriously.

You have to respect the opponent as much as possible.

Man, I never got to fight a ranked opponent at 155, and that wasn't because I wasn't winning.

That's usually the way I am - I don't care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.

You have to know your opponent and take him out of his game.

I played against Ashley Cole all the time in training. For me, he is the best left-back in the world. He was the hardest opponent and I had him every day in training.

Wrestling is different than MMA or boxing or really any other contact sport in that you can't really draw along an opponent.

I've often said it's not just the level of your opponent: it's can you handle wearing the shirt and playing for England?

You build up the opponent, and you lose confidence.