Quotes About Tactics

I come in the ring to feel, check, and see my opponent. Then I understand him and understand the fight.

I think Marriaga is a very good opponent for me. It's very hard when you have to find the keys to his defense. If people don't understand boxing, they don't know what he's capable to do. I understand it all.

The more irrational you make your opponent, the more control you have over him in the ring.

In the centre, you play more with your back to the opponent's goal and have to move into the gaps.

You never show what you are going to do; you always do what the opponent doesn't expect.

I always fight better when my opponent's angry.

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.

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.

You have to get one above your opponent; being on the front foot allows you to do that. It allows you to dominate them.

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

We must not dive into tackles but force the opponent to run so that maybe they will crack late in the game.

You've got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.

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

In football you need to look to make life difficult for the opponent.

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

As a fighter my goal is not to get hit and frustrate my opponent. Once I get you frustrated then I got you.

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

Yeah, I'm going to start talking to myself a little bit. Not talking to the opponent as much.

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.

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

It's not my goal to be the main scorer. It's whatever the opponent gives.

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.

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.