Opponents Quotes - Page 14

• Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent.

  Lennox Lewis

  Skills, Boxing, Outwitting

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• On hitting a shaken opponent - His legs turned to spaghetti and I was all over him like the sauce.

  Vinny Paz

  Funny, Boxing, Legs

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• To act intelligently in human affairs is only possible if an attempt is made to understand the thoughts, motives, and apprehension of one's opponent so fully that one can see the world through their eyes.

  Albert Einstein

  Eye, World, Affair

  Albert Einstein (2000). “Albert Einstein in his own words in two complete books: Relativity-the special and general theory; Out of my later years-the scientist, philosopher and man portrayed through his own words”

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• I want to coach a team that opponents don't look forward to playing.

  Danny Ford

  Team, Looks, Want

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• Years ago we hardly had anything to eat. Now I earn more money and I see every opponent as a man that tries to put me back to that poorer period. That man has to be eliminated.

  Fedor Emelianenko

  Men, Years, Trying

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• Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win.

  Demian Maia

  Fighting, Winning, Games

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• All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, be nice.

  Patrick Swayze

  Nice, Simple, Two

  "Fictional character: Dalton". "Road House", www.imdb.com. 1989.

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• Hillary Clinton's opponent in the U.S. Senate race, the Republican she's going to be running against, has been married three times, had an affair with his chief of staff, had two kids with her while still married to his second wife. This is the first time in history that a Clinton is the 'family values' candidate.

  Jay Leno

  Running, Kids, Two

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• Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: “When you know yourself and your opponent, you will win every time. When you know yourself but not your opponent, you will win one and lose one. However, when you do not know yourself or your opponent, you will be imperiled every time.

  Bruce Lee

  Winning, Sun, Know Yourself

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• If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee, pop him with an elbow, dig a corkscrew punch to his stomach.

  Bruce Lee

  Distance, Eye, Elbows

  Bruce Lee, John R. Little (1997). “Words of the Dragon: Interviews, 1958-1973”, p.86, Tuttle Publishing

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• Hillary's opponent, in his entire campaign, every two or three weeks has said for months and months and months, beginning in Nevada, that really there wasn't much difference in how America did when I was president and how America's done under President Bush. Now, if you believe that, you should probably vote for him, but you get a very bad grade in history.

  William J. Clinton

  Believe, Two, Differences

  "Will Hillary’s Campaign Self-Destruct (again)?" by Arnold Steinberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 10, 2016.

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• One of my opponents [Romney] recently said that it would take an act of God for me to win this primary. I agree with him.

  Rick Santorum

  Winning, Said, Agree

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• Liberals hate America, they hate "flag-wavers", they hate abortion opponents, they hate all religions except Islam (post 9/11). Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like liberals do. They don't have the energy. If they had that much energy, they'd have indoor plumbing by now.

  Ann Coulter

  Hate, Islamic, Usa

  "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right". Book by Ann Coulter, 2002.

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• Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

  Shawnee Smith

  Sports, Games, Play

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• Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is.

  Peter Ustinov

  Love, Fall, Justice

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• When you play a tiebreaker, you dont have time to think of anything, ... You have to go for your shots because one shot can make such a difference. Thats the kind of shot that can break an opponent.

  Elena Dementieva

  Thinking, Differences, Play

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• The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial art should be a practice of love - for the preservation of life, for the preservation of body, and for the preservation of family and friends.

  Dan Inosanto

  Love, Life, Motivational

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• Their fiery advance and great tenacity were well recognized by their opponents.

  Ernst Otto Fischer

  Marine, Usmc, Tenacity

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• Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays a big part in this.

  Mark Taimanov

  Play, Elements, Chess

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• A mind to serve for the peace of all human beings in the world is needed in Aikido, and not the mind of one who wishes to be strong or who practices only to fell an opponent.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Strong, Practice, Mind

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• We see now that infringement of freedom is necessary with regard to the opponents of the revolution. At a time of revolution we cannot allow freedom for the enemies of the people and of the revolution. That is a surely clear, irrefutable conclusion.

  Nikolai Bukharin

  People, Enemy, Revolution

  "Programme of the World Revolution". Book by Nikolai Bukharin. Chapter VII: "Freedom for the Working Class and the poorest Elements of the Peasantry; Restrictions for the Bourgeoisie", www.marxists.org. 1918.

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• An argument frequently used by believers [is] to force unbelievers to soften their terms by accepting their opponents' definition; "Atheist" means without a concept of God that is logically convincing, not with proof that God does not exist.

  Jim Herrick

  Atheist, Mean, Doe

  Jim Herrick (1985). “Against the Faith: Essays on Deists, Skeptics, and Atheists”

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• Golf is the only game that pits the player against an opponent, the weather, the minutest details of a large chunk of local topography and his own nervous system, all at the same time.

  Mike Seabrook

  Golf, Player, Games

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• Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness.

  Dale Carnegie

  Mistake, Errors, Looks

  Dale Carnegie (2016). “How to win friends & influence people”, p.104, Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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• I just smile. And they - my opponents don't like it when I smile at them. They think I'm playing or something. But - like I smile throughout the whole fight. Sometimes I'll be throwing combinations and I just smile and stick my tongue out at them.

  Rau'shee Warren

  Smile, Fighting, Thinking

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