(459 quotes found)
“We compete, not so much against an opponent, but against ourselves. The real test is this: Did I make my best effort on every play?”
Bud Wilkinson
“Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.”
Sun Tzu
“When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents.”
William Shakespeare
“The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.”
George Orwell
“He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.”
“I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.”
Earvin Magic Johnson
“There will always be an opposing party or person to an idea no matter what it is.”
Robert Adams
“Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.”
Marvin Gaye
“The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never look back and never look ahead.”
Chuck Noll
“The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters.”
Walter Lippmann
