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• President Ronald Reagan on his 1980 opponent: "I had a dream the other night. I dreamed that Jimmy Carter came to me and asked why I wanted his job. I told him I didn't want his job. I want to be President."

  Bob Dole

  Dream, Jobs, Night

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• In executing an Artful Strategy: When ten times greater, surround them; When five times greater, attack them; When two times greater, scatter them. If the opponent is ready to challenge: When fewer in number, be ready to evade them; When unequal to the match, be ready to avoid them. Even when the smaller opponents have a strong position, the larger opponent will capture them.

  Sun Tzu

  Strong, Two, Numbers

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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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• 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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• The religious quality of Marxism also explains a characteristic attitude of the orthodox Marxist toward opponents. To him, as to any believer in a Faith, the opponent is not merely in error but in sin. Dissent is disapproved of not only intellectually but also morally. There cannot be any excuse for it once the Message has been revealed.

  Joseph A. Schumpeter

  Religious, Attitude, Errors

  Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.5, Routledge

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• We must never underestimate our opponents; nor should we forget that the closer we come to reaching our objectives, the more vicious and forthright will their opposition become.

  Tommy Douglas

  Underestimate, Forget, Reaching

  Tommy Douglas' address at the Provincial Convention, July 16, 1952.

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• The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised at the top of a mountain trail, the basketball player with the rough skin of the ball against his palm preparing for a foul shot, the tennis player at set point over his opponent--all of them savoring a moment before committing themselves to action.

  George Plimpton

  Basketball, Sports, Player

  George Plimpton (1994). “The Best of Plimpton”, p.48, Atlantic Monthly Press

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• Fighters are afraid of conditioning, they are afraid of getting tired, but I don't want to have anxiety or be afraid of anything. I can go 100 percent out there and never have to worry about getting tired. Everybody says fighting is 90 percent mental, and it's true. Knowing you can go 15 minutes or 25 minutes without any problem can help you sustain that mental advantage over your opponent.

  Nick Diaz

  Tired, Fighting, Knowing

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• When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Calm, Hurrying

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.43, Bottom of the Hill

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• When two men step into the ring, one and only one deserves to win. When you step into the ring, you gotta know you deserve to win. You gotta know destiny owes you victory , cause you trained harder than your opponent. You sparred harder. You ran farther.

  Cus D'Amato

  Destiny, Men, Winning

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• The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the general is displayed more in defeating a superior army than in subduing an inferior one. Even more so, the wisdom of God is displayed when He brings good to us and glory to Himself out of confusion and calamity rather than out of pleasant times.

  Jerry Bridges

  Army, Winning, Player

  Jerry Bridges (2016). “Trusting God”, p.123, NavPress

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• Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

  Charles de Gaulle

  Way, Hardest

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• I tried to get into the mind of my opponent and psyche him out.

  Muhammad Ali

  Mind

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from May 27, 2014

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• We wrestle with our own opponents on a daily basis. These challengers can come in numerous forms whether it be a physical challenge, emotional, or even relational issues that can overtake us. No matter what opponent we are wrestling against we can be UNSTOPPABLE.

  Anthony Robles

  Wrestling, Emotional, Issues

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• Every soul who comes to earth with a
  leg or two at birth must wrestle his
  opponents knowing its not what is, but
  what can be that measures worth. Make it hard, just make it possible and through
  pain, I wont complain. My spirit is unconquerable. Fearless I will face each
  foe for I know I am capable. I don't care whats probable, through blood sweat and tears I am unstoppable.

  Anthony Robles

  Pain, Blood, Sweat

  "Jay Leno Honors Anthony Robles". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 2011.

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• My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake.

  Peter Leko

  Mistake, Victory, Chess

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• In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.

  Savielly Tartakower

  Mistake, Luck, Weakness

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• I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth.

  Luis Suarez

  Football, Strong, Pain

  "Luis Suárez recognises no limits, either good or bad" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2014.

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