138 Quotes About Opponents

A retaliator behaves like a hawk when he is attacked by a hawk, and like a dove when he meets a dove. When he meets another retaliator he plays like a dove. A retaliator is a conditional strategist. His behaviour depends on the behaviour of his opponent.

Obviously, you'd rather play a team that doesn't get after it quite that well on defense. They put a lot of pressure on the perimeter and get a lot of steals from opponents with their half-court pressure.

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.

In chess it is more important to frustrate your opponent's strategy than to be obsessed with your own.

I'm going to take all of my opponents seriously.

A war was coming either way. Now all I had to do was choose my opponent

we've been opponents in politics, but never opponents in purpose.

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; [but] a creed is always sensitive.

Christine O'Donnell released a commercial in which she says, 'I'm not a witch.' That's pretty good, though not as effective as her opponent's slogan, 'I'm not Christine O'Donnell.'