I like the octagon because there are no corners; there is nowhere for my opponent to go.
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.
It doesn’t matter to me who the opponent is, I’ll be ready in all areas.
I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
I just want to help, first of all, the Chicago Fire to grow, to change the mentality to a winning team, and to reach the playoffs. That’s my goal. But also to change the game style into a team which is able to control every opponent.
I don’t get wrapped up in the politics of going down to win a penalty or getting an opponent sent off.
Newt Gingrich’s job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.
This is show business. I know that winning is super important and a gameplan is super important, but at some point you have to, this is the hurt business and you gotta to try to put your opponent out.
Any time you win you’re going to be happy. But any time it’s a great divisional opponent, when it’s a usual dog fight, to come out on top at their house is a really good feeling.
The more dangerous my opponent is, the better I fight.
The Thursday night game is by far the most difficult game to prepare for. You can’t get into as much depth as you normally would in your game plan because you just don’t have the time. You’ve got to jump right into the next opponent.
Being an opponent playing in Boston over the years, you always see guys in the stands who played for the Celtics. It’s a mystique. It’s cool.
The kind of wrestler that’s going to do well in a combat style event like MMA is one that can explode through – doesn’t need to spend time on the mat – hit his opponent, get him off his feet, and get on top quickly.
I didn’t want my opponent to know there was anything wrong with me.
I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.
I have a really strong opponent in Randy Orton. A former multi-time world champion. He’s held just about every title under the sun. And he’s done it all in a major way. He’s basically wreaked havoc and ran roughshod over the WWE for quite some time. Some people might forget that.
I want to stay active and busy. I don’t just want to fight a no-name opponent. I want a decent name or a big name or a world champion, somebody who is going to challenge me. That’s just it.
I do jiu-jitsu my whole life, so why would I try to stand and bang with Mike Tyson? I’m going to learn boxing in six months because my opponent is good in boxing? That makes no sense.
You see stuff that is cheating, no question, and it needs to be sorted out. The biggest thing is moving on the shot by an opponent.
Dirrell is a very good opponent. He’s very talented. He’s hard to beat.
I did my part. I signed it for UFC 205 in New York. I signed my part, and Julianna turned it down. She didn’t want to fight that time, but I don’t care about this because I am a fighter, and if she don’t want fight, we was looking for another opponent to make fight.
Staying focused is key. You have to focus on your opponent and make sure you’re training right so your body and mind are ready.
I never really have a game plan other than to finish my opponent as quickly as possible.
I always have a motto: if it’s going in-and-out one night, then the next opponent should be worried.
Changing an opponent shouldn’t be a problem. It sucks to spend a lot of time preparing for someone and then it changes up, but it’s boxing. That happens in boxing and you have to accept that.
I learned at an early stage that the most important thing I could do for my players was to give them the tools necessary to beat their opponent.
You have to beat your opponent, otherwise you get to walk home with a black eye and wounded pride.
Chemotherapy is an opponent in itself – simultaneously curing you and hurting you.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
There is danger involved in combat sports, but this is the purest form of competition. It’s all about finding the truth. When you put someone in a cage or a ring, you’re going to find out the truth – not only about your opponent but about yourself as well.
I think any player would say that they want their coaches’ respect, they want their teammates’ respect, and they want their opponent to respect them.
What’s important to us is developing the habit of playing harder than our opponent every night.
I know that Gamboa is a tough opponent and he’ll lay it all on the line.
No matter what I think about Matt Hughes, and it’s not much, he’s a dangerous opponent.
This is what respect means: when you support your favourite without badmouthing his opponent. This is respect, and it’s a common thing. It doesn’t matter what country or city you represent.
Samoa Joe is an opponent that I really wanted to face in the ring. There was a time when you never thought that you will able to see Samoa Joe in a WWE setting but that has changed and this can be considered to be one of my fantasy bookings.
Shaking hands is meant as a sign of respect towards your opponent.
I think Canadians are tired of politicians that are spun and scripted within an inch of their life, people who are too afraid of what a focus group might say about one comment or a political opponent might try to twist out of context, to actually say much of anything at all.
What I liked of Mourinho is his work ethic and the way he organizes his team against the opponent. He knows the strength and weakness of the opponent, and he will give the details for what he wants. And for me, that was impressive.
The one who intimidates me is myself. I’m scared to fail. That is the thing that makes me the most afraid, to fail. Just to think that I can do a mistake and lose the fight scares me, so that is why I work out a lot: to bring more chance to my size and less chance to my opponent.
You never lose a game if the opponent doesn’t score.
I am one of those players who has many scars up and down my legs from being kicked, but I know I have a job to do, and beating my opponent is my goal.
If I ever spat at an opponent, I’d never be able to show my face to my family ever again.
I’m always prepared for five, six rounds. I train hard. Sometimes it’s over quickly, but you have to be prepared for every round, always respecting your opponent.
Pay respect to your opponent.
I am aware of what my opponent Avila brings and the experience he has. He’s tough, throws hard shots and is a good counterpuncher.
Every fight, I train for the opponent very hard and smart.
I never run away from any opponent.
If there are cracks in your armor, your opponent is going to find them.
There’s always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There’s an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.
The bigger my chest is, the more it gets in the way. It just creates space. It makes me much more efficient if I don’t have so much in the way between me and my opponent.
The idea behind reinforcement learning is you don’t necessarily know the actions you might take, so you explore the sequence of actions you should take by taking one that you think is a good idea and then observing how the world reacts. Like in a board game where you can react to how your opponent plays.
You build up the opponent, and you lose confidence.
Che Mills is a great fighter, and a worthy opponent. Just because he hasn’t been seen in front of the camera that many times doesn’t mean he’s not dangerous or a great martial artist.
If you can make someone laugh about something that your opponent or your opposition thinks, that means you’ve done a really good job of highlighting what’s wrong with their argument or their position.
Football is actually pretty limited and there are only really four phases: When you have the ball yourself, when the opponent has the ball and when you win the ball or lose the ball. That is football, really, there isn’t more to it.
When I first ran for Congress in the 1990s, my background as an openly gay Asian was one of the focal points of the campaign, and, in fact, my opponent attacked me for it.
I would never discredit the sport or my opponent by reading my injury list before or after the fight. I’ve always thought it’s a very underhanded thing to do, and it’s a very cowardly thing to do, to come out and say, ‘I’m hurt,’ particularly if you win a fight.
I will always go for the submission instead of hurting my opponent.
That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
You have to respect the job of the other coach and then stop. He’s an opponent: I stop. Finish. I have respect for his job. He must have respect for my job.
