Quotes About Rivalry

I grew up with an older brother who was always stronger and faster and better than me at everything, but I was close enough in age to try and compete, so we had a competitive childhood.

The Spanish and the English leagues are the strongest.

Only few people have same level as Iron Sheik - the Brock Lesnar and the Kurt Angle. Back in the day, they both be good opponent for me. They know I could break their ankle if I want.

With any opponent there's always a challenge and something to watch for.

I do like match play. I like trying to match an opponent shot for shot. It's a challenge. And it's something different.

The only opponent who has been able to keep up with me was Roberto Carlos.

As a competitive athlete, you always want to come out on top and give your best work. So whether it's my sister or any other opponent, I'm competitive.

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

I help receivers on my team every now and then, but I'm slow to do even that because they could end up my opponent the following year.

Back in my days, my favorite opponent was Diego Maradona.

The opponent I have most admired during my career is Paolo Maldini.

As an opponent, the fiercest bouts were always against Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a fantastic player.

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

Even after defeating India, I still have the highest respect for them as opponents.

I think it's normal that, the first time you meet Federer or Murray or Djokovic, you're going to get nervous. But after a while, they become normal opponents, people you see every week. That's the way you have to think. You can't think of them as legends. When you see someone on court, you have to treat every opponent the same way.

I think that there are always these opponents that you circle back to that you have made some sort of legacy with and I feel Buddy Murphy is that for me.

In football you need opponents, competition because if you are alone with two or three clubs controlling everything you don't have any competition.

It's business inside the ring, but outside it, it's friendship and brotherhood. I try to do that with all my opponents.

A good match is about the chemistry between opponents.

I want to beat all the opponents who have beaten me before.

Going up against a great champion like Cavani, giving each other hell for 90 minutes, then being able to walk off as opponents who respect one another is the beauty of sport.

For us it's better to think of our opponents as idiots. It's easier to play hard against someone you don't like than it is to play against a friend.

Any opposing gym we go into, I want them to hate me. At the end of the game, I want to be beating their team so bad that they should hate me.

Growing up in Buffalo, you always hated the Dolphins, but I just remember my one friend always liked the opposite team, and he liked the Dolphins, so I remember always going at it with him.