The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.
Never take your eyes off your opponent. . . even when you bow.
The non-violent resistor not only avoids external, physical violence, but he avoids internal violence of spirit. He not only refuses to shoot his opponent, but he refuses to hate him. And he stands with understanding, goodwill at all times.
I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.
The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.
There is luck in chess. My opponent was lucky that he was playing against an idiot.
You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.
The mind, if slackened even a little, will cause defeat, the same as fearing the opponent will make you unable to use full strength.
They say much about the Einstein's theory now. According to Einstein the ether does not exist and many people agree with him. But it is a mistake in my opinion. Ether's opponents refer to the experiments of Maykelson - Morli [Michelson-Morley] who made attempts to detect the Earth's movement relative to the fixed-bed ether. These experiments failed, however it didn't mean the ether's non-existence. I always based as fact the existence of mechanical ether in my works and therefore I could achieve positive success.
The Holy Book of the living God suffers more from its exponents today than from its opponents.
Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department.
You've got to learn to utilize the space (between you and your opponent). Distancing is very important.
Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere.
. . . associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.
How do you fight an invisible opponent like suspicion?
We must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.
I don't think of my opponents in the sense that I don't think of them consciously, I don't steer it one way or the other.
Every boxer is tough for me. I don't think any opponent is better than any other. Every opponent is the same for me.
A lot of it is mental - you have to not fear your opponent. That's the number one thing, first off. Don't underestimate anybody, but don't fear anybody.
Beat your opponent where he is strongest, and you demoralize him.