“Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.” PeopleJobsSportsEnemyOpponentsBoxing Author:Manny Pacquiao
“Golf can be tougher than tennis when things go wrong, because you can't explain things by saying that your opponent played better than you. It's a cruel sport in that way.” WaySportsGolfOpponentsTennisBetter Than YouWhen Things Go Wrong Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.” CertainSportsResultsHalfSkillsOpponentsEquationsOther Half Author:Sadaharu Oh
“I think what bothers us about fighting sports isn't the damage to the athlete but the fact that you win by doing more harm to your opponent than he does to you. It just seems ugly.” ThinkingDoeFactsSeemsFightingWinningSportsAthleteUglyHarmBotherOpponentsDamage Author:Jonathan Gottschall
“In my job, whenever I delivered a presentation I would rehearse several times before the actual event. In sport, it is important to be equally prepared about my opponents.” ImportantJobsSportsEventsPreparedOpponentsPresentation Author:Keeth Smart
“Is it [hunting] really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn't know a game is going on?” IfsKnowsGamesSportsOpponentsHuntingFairnessEquipment Author:Bill Maher
“It's funny, you can get over the win pretty quick and get ready for the next opponent. When you lose, it just eats at you.... What could we have done? What should I have done? All those things. Just part of playing professional sports and sports in general.” ShouldDoneNextWinningSportsLosesReadyOpponentsShould IGet OverProfessional SportsSports In General Author:Tony Romo
“When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a science, when I admire a beautiful combination or study, then chess is art, and when I am complicating position in the approaching time trouble of my opponent, then chess is sport.” TryingArtTwoBeautifulWinningSportsStudyTroublePositionMethodChessAdmireCombinationOpponentsKnightsBishopsEndgame Author:Ashot Nadanian
“I take my sport damned seriously. Basketball is my life. There are other people who go into important games as if they were any other game. I'm a brooder and I spend a lot of time thinking about my opponent, about the things he can do and about what I have to do to win. I don't think I'll ever be able to change that.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantAbleGamesWinningSportsCan DoBasketballOpponentsBasketball Is My Life Author:Dirk Nowitzki