Quotes About Opponent

In a tiebreaker, you generally have a lot of adrenaline running through. It's all about just holding your serve, trying to hold two serves at a time, trying to stay ahead in the tiebreaker, constantly put pressure on my opponent.

We have to keep our strong mentality every time, with a good emotional balance to support everything, whether an opponent provokes you or not, because the opponent is doing his job as well.

You don't want your opponent to score. You don't want your guy to score and once you get better at it, you get used to it, it becomes a mindset. You just try to do it every game.

David Haye was the perfect opponent for me because he was a small heavyweight with a big name and we were about the same size.

There are so many X-factors going on in the ring. You have to protect your opponent. You have to be conscious of what your opponent is going through and make sure they're safe.

Honestly, I've not looked too deeply into my opponent, he's just another fighter. From my side, I've just got to win and win in style.

Jon Fitch is a great opponent, a tough opponent, but St. Pierre brings the whole backing of Canada with him to a fight.

In boxing, some fighters let the occasion get to them and they let their opponent get to them. With me, it's just another day at the office.

We can't focus too much on the opponent, we have to focus on ourselves.

He's a very, very clever fighter, Manny, but you'd have to say the cleverest fighter in boxing is Mayweather. He adapts his style against whatever opponent he faces.

Look, most players can't stand to be outplayed by an opponent's bluff. Quite honestly, though, it doesn't bother me that much.

I am a passionate opponent of fox hunting because the fox runs in fear of its life over a prolonged period, hearing the hounds getting closer and closer. Barbarous does not even begin to describe such a sport.

You will rarely see a defender in front of the opponent's goal.

Every fight, I train for the opponent very hard and smart.

Dominick Cruz is a great opponent, he has an amazing style.

I had a lot of rematches in the amateurs. You don't always know what an opponent's going to do. I do find that I beat them more easily second time around.

If an opportunity comes to knock out my opponent, I'm going to take it.

If I can hit a couple shots early, the opponent guards me in a different way.

The cut made me hate the process of getting ready for a fight. I was focused on how to make weight instead of how to beat my opponent.

I have a healthy respect. The fact that I get ready for each opponent shows my respect.

My opponent DeLuca is a strong, gutsy fighter who is always ready for war.

If the opponent can score 10 goals, then we need to change something quickly.

Knowing your opponent is fundamental. Because then you can know their characteristics better.

I'm not going to bag on people and make funny jokes about my opponent. I just respect every opponent I go in against.