Opponents Quotes - Page 27

• A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Winning, Beloved Community, Understanding

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.100, Beacon Press

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• A black boxer's career is the perfect metaphor for the career of a black male. Every day is like being in the gym, sparring with impersonal opponents as one faces the rudeness and hostility that a black male must confront in the United States, where he is the object of both fear and fascination.

  Ishmael Reed

  Careers, Perfect, Black

  Ishmael Reed (1988). “Writin' is fightin': thirty-seven years of boxing on paper”, Scribner

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• When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea; it is sure to be bad.

  Siegbert Tarrasch

  Ideas, Waiting, Knows

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

  Retief Goosen

  Play, Challenges, Trying

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• I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate.

  Russ Feingold

  Running, Senate

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• All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it was like having spent a lifetime in a boxing ring with an opponent and suddenly finding yourself in that boxing ring with nobody else and realising you've to take the gloves off and get out and reinvent yourself.

  Athol Fugard

  Boxing, Finding Yourself, Shadow

  "I'm a storyteller, that's all" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2002.

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• Because of the level of my chess game, I was able - even against a weak opponent, such as my younger brothers or the dog - to get myself checkmated in under three minutes. I challenge any computer to do it faster.

  Dave Barry

  Dog, Brother, Games

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• The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.

  Barney Frank

  Stupidity

  "Barney Frank's Journey From Closeted To An Openly Gay Member Of Congress". "Fresh AIr" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 16, 2015.

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• If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.

  Martin Van Creveld

  Strong, Fighting, Idiot

  "Sharon’s Last Option". Interview with Jennifer Byrne, www.counterpunch.org. November 16, 2002.

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• The more you attack, the more your opponent will make mistakes.

  Marcelo Garcia

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Jiu Jitsu

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• Why do I beat a lot of people? Because I love it so much, that’s why.  Everything about Jiu Jitsu, I love it – the school, the mat, the ring.  I always believe that.  Maybe I am not better than my opponent, but I know for sure I love my training more.

  Marcelo Garcia

  Believe, School, People

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• I always try to attack. While I'm on the offensive, my opponent can think of nothing but defending.

  Marcelo Garcia

  Inspirational, Sports, Thinking

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• I wasn't surprised at all. In fact, I thought, why stop there? Why not add the Big Show, or Chris Jericho, or the whole state of Nebraska for that matter? And don't you think a wrestling ring is a little old school, Lilian? Why not put the match in a shark tank, with real live sharks? Hungry sharks! And the only way to beat your opponent is to stuff him down a shark's throat, and pin the shark. Wouldn't that be a hoot?

  Kurt Angle

  Real, School, Wrestling

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• I like to go on the court and have a little bit of information about my opponent.

  Mary Pierce

  Goes On, Littles, Information

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• 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.

  Roger Bannister

  Running, Fighting, Race

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• It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.

  A. A. Milne

  Winning, Men, Games

  1919 Not That It Matters.

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• His legs have a mind of their own, his foot shoots by itself... Roberto Baggio is a big horsetail that flicks away opponents as he flows forward in an elegant wave.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Soccer, Football, Player

  Eduardo Galeano (1998). “Soccer in Sun and Shadow”, p.194, Verso

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• I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Trying, Faces, Plans

  "'We are brothers in arms but not clones,' says Wladimir Klitschko". Interview with Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2012.

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• If I am 100% prepared for the fight, my opponent has no chance to win the fight. I am saying what I mean: He has a 0% chance to win the fight. There is going to be no luck involved; there is going to be nothing else to stop me from winning the fight.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Mean, Fighting, Winning

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• I always train and prepare with highest concentration and focus on my next opponent. To me, it does not matter what his name is.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Names, Focus, Doe

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• School choice opponents are also dishonest when they speak of saving public schools. A Heritage Foundation survey found that 47 percent of House members and 51 percent of senators with school-age children enrolled them in private schools in 2001. Public school teachers enroll their children in private schools to a much greater extent than the general public, in some cities close to 50 percent.

  Walter E. Williams

  Teacher, Children, School

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• Congratulations to one of my favorite opponents and greatest rivals on returning to the WWE. The Rock is the BEST promo man of all time.

  Chris Jericho

  Congratulations, Men, Rocks

  Twitter post from Feb 14, 2011

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• It's not what I want, Trish. It's what you want. It's what you need. And even though we're opponents tonight in the 6 person, tag team table match, I see how you look at me. You could cut the sexual tension between is with a knife. So I just want to let you know no matter the outcome, I'm always available to give to a healthy dose of Vitamin C.

  Chris Jericho

  Team, Cutting, Wwe

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• I don't know that person anymore, that guy in '86, '87. I don't know that guy no more. I don't have no affinity for that guy no more. I have no affinity for the guy who said, 'I am the greatest fighter God produced.' I have no affinity for the guy who said he would try to push his [opponent's] nose bone up into his brain. I just don't know that guy. I don't know who he is. I don't know where he came from. I don't have no kind of connection with him no more.

  Mike Tyson

  Boxing, Guy, Brain

  Tyson's love for the fight game turns to disgust" by Dan Rafael, www.espn.com. June 11, 2005.

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• It takes a particularly rarified variety of idiot to look at a Jew-hating fascist with a small mustache - and decide that his opponent is the Nazi.

  James Lileks

  Hate, Mustache, Looks

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