If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself?
You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.
Woe to he who checkmates his opponents at last, only to discover they have been playing cribbage.
The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents that he understands their arguments, and sympathies with their just feelings.
We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.
There is luck in chess. My opponent was lucky that he was playing against an idiot.
Let people speak. Let people disagree. Communicate. Listen. Have high-respect, if not for your opponent, then for your own comportment and conduct as a good listener.
If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.
Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses.
A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself
The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters. For his supporters will push him to disaster unless his opponents show him where the dangers are. So if he is wise he will often pray to be delivered from his friends, because they will ruin him. But though it hurts, he ought also to pray never to be left without opponents; for they keep him on the path of reason and good sense.
The regime kept saying that all of my opponents are lackeys of the United States. We used to say that this is all lie, that we are lackeys of the United States.
They are a very tough opponent, and they took us the first game. So we want our revenge, and we are going to go right back after them hard. We are really looking forward to getting after them.
The difficult opponent is the best.
I incorporate different styles that work for me. I could easily change my style depends on my opponent.
I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.
We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.
Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.
In any form of attack it is essential to assail your opponent from behind.
Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well. . . I'm alright.