I'm concerned about the negative aspect of political campaigning in american nation, which is a new phenomenon. When I ran for president against Gerald Ford and later against Ronald Reagan we never referred to each other except as 'my distinguished opponent'. And had we criticised personally our opponent it would have been political suicide, we would have been castigated and condemned for it.
We have to deal with a lot of things. One of them is we have to deal with fake conservatives that are bought-and-paid for by the Karl Rove establishment. Unfortunately, some in my area have recruited a primary opponent against me.
I constantly caution our teams: 'Play your game, just play your game. Eventually, if you play your game, stick to your style, class will tell in the end. ' This does not mean that we will always outscore our opponent, but it does insure that we will not beat ourselves.
Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent.
If your opponent wants to fight, the fight will be very interesting not just for the audience, but for myself.
Respect your opponent, just make them respect you more.
If you really want a true confrontation, you treat your opponent with respect.
The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.
You have to learn the opponent psychologically inside out and mental strength is one of the important makers. You're either gonna break it or make it.
Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by an opponent who submits to no such moral test. To hold on to power, you have not only to master the crafts of deception and treachery but to be prepared to use them where necessary.
With this new stupid Supreme Court ruling, secret money can come in on an unlimited level from corporations. Nobody knows where it comes from. That distorts the political situation in our country tremendously. Most of that money is spent on negative advertising that is tearing down the character and reputation of your opponent, and it works, although most American people say, "We don't like negative advertising," it works.
If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off
One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat
The proper method of playing mixed doubles is to swipe the ball accidentally and straight at the woman opponent as hard and as accurately as possible. Male players must not only retain equanimity on their side of the net, but create dissension on the other.
You can prevent your opponent from defeating you through defense, but you cannot defeat him without taking the offensive.
In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess.
We may not say to the poor: "You have a right to fight the rich merely because they are rich and in order to make yourselves less poor. " We may say: "You have a right to fight to prevent the conditions of your life becoming inhuman," but we may not say, "You have a right to fight merely because you desire to have more and your opponent to have less. "
Every time I ran the mile I was aware of my own weakness, there was some opponent who could give me a hell of a fight, so I never went into a race with a sense of invincibility. I always had that feeling of fragility and nerves which made me run faster.
In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.