Opponents Quotes - Page 19

• It's actually what I consider legalised cheating because one of the great senses that you have on a tennis court is your ability to hear the ball come off your opponent's strings [on Sharapova grunting

  John Newcombe

  Cheating, Tennis, Balls

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• I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.

  Venus Williams

  Opportunity, Thinking, Bully

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• We don't care how big or strong opponents are as long as they are human.

  Robert Zuppke

  Strong, Caring, Long

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• There are subtle things you can do without crossing the line. If I see I've got up my opponent's nose, I will be over the moon. Job done.

  Ian Poulter

  Jobs, Moon, Crossing The Line

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• The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most surely- against themselves.

  Arnold Palmer

  Golf, Games, Courses

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• Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light.

  Matthew Arnold

  Strong, Children, Light

  Essays in Criticism First Series, "Heinrich Heine" (1865)

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• Truth never triumphs-its opponents just die out.

  Max Planck

  Triumph, Dies

  "Max Planck and the Macro Wars" by Matthew Yglesias, www.slate.com. March 24, 2012.

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• Sacred Scripture, since it has no science above itself, can dispute with one who denies its principles only if the opponent admits some at least of the truths obtained through divine revelation; thus we can argue with heretics from texts in Holy Writ, and against those who deny one article of faith we can argue from another. If our opponent believes nothing of divine revelation, there is no longer any means of proving the articles of faith by reasoning, but only of answering his objections - if he has any - against faith.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Christian, Believe, Mean

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas), Stephen F. Brown (1999). “On Faith and Reason”, p.19, Hackett Publishing

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• The path of love has many opponents - fear, self-pity, anxiety, hate, lust, greed, avarice - all the usual freinds.

  Frederick Lenz

  Hate, Yoga, Self

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• The more talented the opponent, the luckier you are. You have draw a great deal of strength from your being.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Deals

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• The difficult opponent is the best.

  Frederick Lenz

  Karma, Yoga, Difficult

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• If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself?

  Georges St-Pierre

  Ufc, Mma, Disrespectful

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• Your job, with all that mental training and suffering, is just to push your line of breaking so far your opponent can't find it.

  Greg Jackson

  Jobs, Mma, Training

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• A strong person will not be nervous and not express aggression towards his opponent... he will face the fight calm and balanced.

  Fedor Emelianenko

  Strong, Fighting, Mma

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• I dont think about what my opponent will do in the fight and especially what he has to say about me - doesn't matter to me at all.

  Gunnar Nelson

  Fighting, Thinking, Mma

  FaceBook post by Gunnar Nelson from Sep 02, 2014

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• I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with great respect.

  Fedor Emelianenko

  Thinking, Mma, Made

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• A fighter, a real strong fighter should always look dignified and calm and I believe that any expression of aggression is an expression of weakness. A strong person will not be nervous and will not express aggression towards his opponent. He will be confident in his abilities and his training, then he will face the fight calm and balanced.

  Fedor Emelianenko

  Strong, Real, Believe

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• As a professional athlete, I can tell you I feel every single emotion and not one of them ever helped me in a fist-fight before. And not one of them has ever hurt me in a fist-fight, either. The only thing that has helped me is my skills and the only thing that hurt me is my opponent's skills.

  Chael Sonnen

  Hurt, Athlete, Fighting

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• I don't worry about my opponent or their game, I worry about my game.

  Conor McGregor

  Games, Mma, Worry

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• Before each one of my fights, I make a point of saluting my opponent. I salute the other fighter out of respect, even though he is trying to take something from me.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Fighting, Mma, Trying

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• There's a quote that says, 'If you know yourself and you know your opponent, you shouldn't fear the results of 100 battles.' Just really being prepared gives you a lot of confidence.

  Jon Jones

  Mma, Giving, Battle

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• I like to be confident, absolutely not cocky, and I like to have that healthy fear of my opponents. It keeps me on my toes.

  Cat Zingano

  Cocky, Mma, Healthy

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• I never fear my opponent, for me he only represents a new challenge to conquer.

  Lyoto Machida

  Mma, Challenges, Conquer

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• I bow to my opponent in praise and thanks. After the fight is a time for humility, acceptance and analysis, no matter the result.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Humility, Fighting, Acceptance

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• We make my opponent out as a monster. We focus on his strengths because that's what we need to negate.

  Joe Lauzon

  Mma, Focus, Monsters

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