Quotes About Opponent

I don't think much of automatisms, because they assume that a situation is always the same, otherwise the process no longer works. But that doesn't fit the reality with 22 players on the pitch. If the opponent is only half a metre to the left, the player suddenly doesn't know what he has to do.

At 135 I always floated too close to my actual weight. I was always trying to keep my weight up to 135. And every time I faced off with an opponent, I could never believe how large they were after they blew up after weigh-ins. I would always just be the same size.

If I can't defend my opponent and if he scores as much I'm scoring then he won the matchup.

I don't care if it's someone cutting down from heavyweight, or moving up from middleweight to light heavyweight. It's just another opponent, and I have to do a great job.

I like to keep things exciting. Every minute of the fight, I'm trying to finish my opponent.

I mean, I watched Ken train in the gym. Ken was one of the greatest athletes I've ever seen. But when he got into a fight, it would be half of him. He was wrestling with a lot more in there than just beating his opponent.

Physically, no disrespect to Ronda, but I don't think she has an advantage over anybody else. She's not physically stronger than any other opponent I've gone against.

No matter what I think about Matt Hughes, and it's not much, he's a dangerous opponent.

It is special to win any game, regardless of the opponent.

I'd say I love the challenge of game-planning for the opponent every week.

I'm a southpaw and a counter-puncher. I tend to box on the back foot and catch my opponents when they come forward.

Robert Lewandowski is a player who plays in front of the opposing goal, especially with his back to the opponent. He is always attacked, and this is one of the big strength of a striker who plays in this position.

To be a great NFL player, you have to know what your opponent is doing, not just opposite your position but what they're doing all over the field. All the contingencies.

For me, opposition is just another opposition.

I have the idea that when you put yourself through hard, detailed training, and you put a lot of attention into all the little details - the analysis of the opposition, the movement and understanding of the game, the way your opponent plays - then you shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes.

I have an orthodox style that a southpaw is confused with me.

Oscar De La Hoya looks good boxing, but you have to consider the opponent.

Not everybody in the world who is an opponent of our opponent is necessarily going to be a friend of ours.

You can almost get overwhelmed if you start focusing on Serena being on the other side of the court.

We now find ourselves facing the Christian West's oldest and most steadfast opponent, Islam.

The North Korean regime and its leaders have often been described as irrational. My experiences have made me question that contention and wonder if this "irrationality" is more often than not a label applied to those who do not wish to understand an opponent's worldview.

Summary: Peril is possibly the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia, because she has firescales that can kill an opponent with a touch, but now she has a mission — find her former queen, Scarlet, who is threatening the Jade Mountain Academy, and then stop her, and she is not sure if the persistent SeaWing, Turtle, who is accompanying her will be a help or a hindrance. ISBN

In war, the key to victory is the ability to surprise one's opponent.

It was chosen by the archer and though it is a long way off, we cannot blame it when we fail to hit it. In this lies the beauty of the way of the bow: you can never excuse yourself by saying that your opponent was stronger than you.