Quotes About Opponent

I'm not surprised by Mazzarri's ability, I knew him as an opponent.

One of the golden rules of politics is that if your opponent is attacking you personally then they are rattled.

Mayweather has boxing genius. But it takes one to know one, and he knew right away Pacquiao also has rare boxing IQ - an equalizing gift for setting up and taking down an opponent.

Chicanito Hernandez certainly is not an opponent in my category.

A final is about winning. You can't wait for the opponent to be better than you, or let them start to play their football.

It's a disadvantage when there is not enough footage of an opponent.

I've always controlled my emotions. I think that probably came from playing a lot of tennis, keeping it inside and not letting the opponent see what's going on with you. I think it gives them an advantage when you do that.

Dirrell is a very good opponent. He's very talented. He's hard to beat.

Shaking hands is meant as a sign of respect towards your opponent.

I feel blessed that I have a tough opponent in Justin Lawrence.

Anytime I've won a fight and asked for an opponent, I've usually gotten it, and that's because it's all well thought-out.

I feel like I've got a routine with how I study the opponent and go about each week.

The biggest meaning and the most important thing is not to give opportunities to give the opponent an idea about how we are going to play.

When I get the opportunity to get the ball, I've got to destroy my opponent.

That's why I love jiu-jitsu, this is the best martial art in the world. It's an art that seeks the peace, to dominate your opponent.

With Tottenham's Mousa Dembele, there is a long list of reasons why he is an opponent I would hate to face.

Different martial arts have ways of showing you how to control an opponent and put him down, but jiu-jitsu is the king of how to finish somebody. And that's what I love about it.

I think Cormier is a great opponent. He's a guy who has competed at the highest level of athletics and I'm going to have to train really hard for him.

For me, it's all the time a big challenge to play against the best player of the opponent. I think only with this I can develop and grow for myself.

I'm getting better when I have a good opponent. And so I try to analyze my own game.

Believe me, I'm more afraid of my mother than any opponent in the ring.

You need to go out to the game and just understand you need to beat your opponent. With all of the respect, because you need to have respect for your opponent, but you need to beat them. If you don't beat them, they will beat you.

The only thing that helps you play better is being ready to go against your next opponent.

When I analyse an opponent I do not look at the results. I try to find out how they score goals, concede, build up play, counter attack, counter-press, other things. So the result doesn't count for much.