Opponent Quotations

Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate discourages the speech that triggers the matching funds.

And it sends an important message to me, because I am sick to death to hear my opponent saying Republicans don't trust me. They do trust me, in landslide proportions, and they're proving it tonight. We're going to bury that for good.

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.

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

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

Tennis is basically a game where you try to create an opportunity for yourself to finish the point, because you can't wait for the opponent to miss anymore. Well, if you create an opportunity and don't take advantage of it, you let the opponent back to even, then you are just starting the point over, so you have to take advantage of them.

Our opponent and many in Congress criticized our decision to end the Iraq war.

When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally.

Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.

Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you.

When you're facing an opponent over a broad front, you don't aim for the opponent's strong points, important though they may be. Pick a little outpost that you can capture and win. And then you find another place that you can capture and win it, and then you move slowly toward the big places.

Sometimes I like to list the strongest arguments I can find to support a point of view I think is wrong. When I have them before me, I am up against a real opponent rather than a hypothetical one that is an easy target for me to hit.

We remember what they did to us last season. It's the season opener against a division opponent that knocked us out of the playoffs, and with what has happened to New Orleans recently, you know they are going to come in here ready to play. We shouldn't have any problem getting up for them.

We remembered that. They had the ball and every opportunity to beat us in the last seconds. You want your team to respect every opponent regardless of record. Our team really respected this team.

We're going to play whatever gives us the best chance to win. So if it's 3-4, 4-3, 2-6, whatever it is, if it's going to help us beat our opponent that's what we're going to play.

Usually going into game four you know what your opponent is going to do. But we have really been off balanced as far of what game plan we can plan for.

We're facing a new opponent and trying to learn as much as we can about Army at this time and get ready for March Madness.

We?re back to preparing for each opponent and keeping a routine going. Right now, we?re really out of our motivational gimmicks.

We're looking forward in playing in what is a great, great event. We don't know who our opponent will be, but we know it will be a very good team and we know that this is a one-and-done situation.

We've got a real tough opponent coming up. (They're) a beast. So we've got to figure out some way to hang with them. We seem to pull out these games, so if we stay close I think we should have a shot.

We've got a real tough opponent coming up. Cathedral's a beast. So we've got to figure out some way to hang with them. We seem to pull out these games, so if we stay close I think we should have a shot.

We want to take advantage of the opportunity that we're playing at home for the last weekend of the regular season against two very good opponents. What better way to get tuned up for playoff hockey? I see this weekend as being no different than how we're going to have to play in the playoffs. We want to finish as high as we can. We don't know what opponent we'll have, but we don't want to be complacent. We want as many points as we can get out of the season.

Wealthy companies set new records in political contributions to buy this veto. Schwarzenegger bends whichever the way the corporate winds blow. Just a few weeks ago, the Restaurant Association, a major opponent of the bill, hosted a fund-raiser for Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles. Coincidence? I don't think so.

We're a confident bunch right now so it didn't really matter (who the first-round opponent is).

We're just trying to get healthy so that whoever our first-round opponent is we're ready to roll.

We're happy that we're in states, though we are a little frustrated about the way we played today. Our biggest opponent sometimes is ourselves. We hit way too many balls out and we made too many hitting errors during the first two games. Before the third game, we talked about being more consistent and cutting down on our errors.

There are things that I thought would be a difference between us and all of a sudden I see my opponent has jumped over to the same place I am. This campaign is about ideas and vision and the experience to carry that out.

To protect our environment, our food supply and our health, I have been an opponent of the Clean Air Mercury Rule since it was first published,

We've never focused on what our opponent does or doesn't do. We're happy about the money we're raising. On top of that we are running an issues-oriented campaign, which you cannot say about our opponent.

We're looking at it like we have to play some team in that final, and for us to focus on our team and our preparation, bringing our best game, no matter who the opponent is.

Luxembourg are a good opponent for our World Cup preparation. We will train hard in Geneva before the game.

Look, when your opponent is cutting their own throat, you don't get in the way.

So far we've only lost to one Division II opponent (Lake Superior State). We still have some tough matches coming up against teams ranked ahead of us in the region.

She started really slow, and her opponent is a very hard hitter who dominated the 'T' for a while. Once she could maneuver the ball into the back corners, she got better looks and adjusted to the pace. She did quite well from there.

She's a pretty steady player. Her opponent came back, Megan relaxed ... she played her best tennis into the tiebreaker. That says a lot for a girl in her first time as a No. 1 player.

Since I?m the most experienced guy, most of the players look at me. I have to take the time to explain the little aspects, like going out and giving your hardest effort on every play. You have to be tougher than your opponent on every play.

She is the best high school player I've seen in a very long time. I like to think we're a decent half-court defensive team. It depends on our opponent ... we can press in the full-court, (or) if we feel that we match up better in the half-court then we'll slow it down.

She moved the ball around nicely and let her opponent make the mistakes. This was a really good weekend for her. She got a lot of match experience.

(Milan) is a team with a lot of experience, a great system of play and a very strong defense. It will be very interesting to see how we react against an opponent of this nature.

Mikhail was a very strong opponent today, so I am happy I have won the edge,

Mentally it was pretty tough, when you know you've got a very patient opponent and you know that it's really hot out there.

More people were clapping for the opponent than the home team.

More than anything, the girl finds a way to win and finds a way to get her opponent uncomfortable; I'm sure she has a way to negate power still. Sometimes, we have a difference in level between top 10 and then 10 through 20, but so far she's been playing excellent.

Now our jitters are out so now it's time to play basketball. Like we said before, we're not here to participate, we're here to win. The whole thing. So right now, the game's over and we're going to enjoy it for tonight, but we have to prepare for our opponent Sunday.

Ricky Hatton is not going to fight a real opponent until he drains all the money out fighting secondary guys, in my opinion. That's why we decided not to go after him.

Rick asked me if I wanted anything on third down? ... And I said I didn't know what they were doing on third down. That's bad to say, but that's the truth. I've had a chance to look at the opponent this week. It's been kind of tiring but refreshing at the same time. I don't call the defenses, but at least I know what the heck is going on.

Phew, you have no time to rest. Every opponent makes you run and I hope the temperature will be pretty high and we can play indoors.

I guess it's a lot like the playing in the NFL this time of year. You want to play your kids so they stay sharp, but you don't want them to get hurt. You don't want to tip your hand to your opponent and you want your subs to get a chance to play.

If we get off to a strong start, we can be as good as anybody. Last year we started strong and it went downhill. When everything's going right, we can't be content and let our guard down. We can't let that next opponent punch us first, like what happened last year.

If we play the run effectively we have an excellent chance to win the game, ... There's a demoralizing effect when you can't stop the run. When you know your opponent is going to run and you make your best call to stop it and they still get four or five yards, it has an effect on the defense in terms of physical play and losing those one-on-one battles.

If they have a bad start, its a struggle for the night. I don't care what the level of the opponent we are playing, it doesn't really matter. If we don't come out on fire and energized, its a struggle for us. And that as got to change.

I create tension on the elastic band by moving away from the person who's holding it, and I maintain that tension while jumping up to head the ball. It works my legs and core while also working on balance. You feel it helping on the field when you're going up for a header or when an opponent is pulling or pushing to gain position.

Chris really took it to his opponent today. It was really good to see, because he was having some confidence issues, and he showed a lot of heart and guts.

I'm a graduate of Hoover, I've been an assistant or head coach the last nine years and I have never seen a Hoover team hold an opponent to two single-digit quarters ? nine points or less ? and still be down at halftime. That just is unheard of.

I have a very optimistic view of where New Jersey can go, ... My opponent has presented a more negative view than is necessary.

I have never experienced something like this, playing the same opponent twice in a few days. It is not pleasing but we have to play the matches.

Gina's opponent played really well. It wasn't really a case of Gina playing any worse; it was just that her opponent played so well.

If a team believes they are outmatched or that an opponent cannot be stopped in Foxboro or anywhere else, that can adversely affect the outcome for that team. I seriously doubt that any professional team with a 7-0 record, regardless of prior historical outcomes, would perceive itself outmatched by anybody, anywhere. Also, even though there are some players who probably played on all of those teams, I'd guess at least half of the starters don't go back all that far.

I don't think we've been down by that much (17 points) to a Southern Conference opponent this year. For us to be able to pull through it should make us that much stronger.

I faced an opponent who was just ready for everything I had today. She was maybe lucky in the first set to win it, but she was definitely better over the two sets. She deserved to win, but I made her play.

I don't think it was because I was playing against Housman that I had a good game. I think just he was the opponent that day.

For whatever reason our offense hasn't come together yet, but our defense has been outstanding and that's probably the biggest reason we're 4-0. Only one opponent (Martha's Vineyard) has managed to score more than 50 points (51) and counting tonight, we're allowing an average of 42.5 points. When we can do that, I have to like our chances.

Glenn found spots to land, which allowed him to push each opponent and jump bigger than anyone else.

If that will make our opponent not take our abilities seriously, then let us be the Cinderella.

He would have been running them if he had an opponent or not.

He was up against a bigger and formidable opponent in Jackson and despite these odds, he still won by a fall in 1:10 of the first round.

He was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice

He has a great sense for the game, he has a great sense for when the opponent is off-balanced. His vision on the floor is tremendous and he showed that.

He has earned a reputation as a great wrestler and now people seem to root for his opponent who is almost always the underdog. The gym was quite loud on Friday in Dayton when he failed to pin his opponents, even though both of those wins were very lopsided. I guess it just goes with the territory.

He has an uncanny sense of knowing where the opponent is trying to put the ball. And he's also got a great first step.

He held his opponent to the fence, threw leg kicks, knees to the head, and punches. It was three minutes of punishment and that's when the referee stopped the fight.

He is an excellent team-mate and an excellent person, ... He had to go through some tough times recently when his father died, but that never stopped him showing concern for all of his team-mates. He has great humility. Generally, at Inter everybody looks after everybody else, but he is especially good this way. And as an opponent - well everybody already knows - he is like a bulldozer, very tough to play against - one of the best strikers in the world.

He is a tough opponent that goes back to last year. We were a little down at the end. We had five in the finals and four dropped. This was very important because you need to end like this.

He doesn't give his opponent anything. He reacts in a thoughtful manner and he always knows his next move. He's very strategic.

He looked better than I thought he would. I couldn't ask for anything more. I told him he did better in his first fight than I did. I didn't know how to finish my opponent and Enrique did.

He needed to make deals. a deal meant an opponent, an opponent meant confrontation and confrontation was the source of his strength.

We talked about the importance of collecting wins at home. We need to get wins right now. If you have an opportunity to sweep an opponent at home you need to do it.

We're pretty beat up. We've got some guys playing sore and having to get them ready to play by Thursday, but that's part of the way it is. We haven't played an (easy) opponent like some schools play early in the year.

When he started making eye contact, I knew I was in him. My mind-set is to take my opponent's heart and take his soul, and that's what I try to do night in and night out. Get the best of my opponent and make him quit before I do.

When he's mad, he will bust somebody up. Don't misunderstand Jeff. When he hits, he hits to bash somebody's brains out. We gave him training lessons that he's not supposed to stand over his opponent and cheer when he knocks them out. When their eyes roll back and their body twitches, you're not supposed to pound your chest.

We've got to understand what it takes to finish games. What we haven't mastered is the ability to squeeze the lead and get the opponent buried. Give credit to Sycamore they gave tremendous effort.

We take this election very seriously. We know that Hillary will face both a Republican opponent and a host of negative ads from the party and supposedly independent committees. We want to be sure she has the resources to wage an effective campaign.

To find a Division I-A opponent to play was very difficult because of that. And I was nervous for awhile that we'd have to go the I-AA route.

What you can learn from this guy is the thing people call intangibles like his leadership style and the way he motivates guys around him. The way he has the ability to intimidate the opponent without saying a word. He's one of a kind.

Her opponent was just playing really smart. To (Stephanie's) credit, she is a fighter and is working hard during practice.

Her opponent was good at luring Fernanda into making mistakes but wasn't good at winning points outright.

Going into this tournament, we have the mentality that we're trying to win the whole entire thing. We take it personal. We need to play well. We're not relaxing at all. We're focused on our first opponent and we're just trying to take care of business and get that first win.

He's going to take on at least nine opponent crowds who are going to brutalize him. He's got to be man enough to stand up to that. He put himself in that situation.

He's going to have an extremely well-funded opponent in November.

Unless things get way out of hand with all the negative junk and he gets accused of being a terrorist or something, Bill will run a campaign that says here's what I've done and here's what my opponent has done. I couldn't tell you one thing Katherine Harris has done in office or stands for or would do in the Senate.

He was my toughest opponent of the week and I had to play my best tennis to beat him,

He wants to become the number one opponent of a government that is already weak. This was the only path he could take if he did not want to die politically.

He controlled his opponent and came out on top.

He just never missed anything. It starts to wear on you after awhile, but that's what you have to do in match play wear your opponent down.

He is weighed down by this transformation over the years from a self-described revolutionary and former opponent of the dictatorship of the fifties to ... the darling of the middle class and intellectual elite of Venezuela.

Kenyon is opening a new facility and we will be the second opponent to swim in their new pool. The Ladies are a powerhouse in Division III swimming and this should be a good test for us, swimming against a quality opponent on the road.

I would venture to guess we'd have to win two games. I think that should be more than enough. You never know with the selection committee, but I think at this time of the year a win against Kansas and a win against a top 10 opponent would serve a great purpose.

Joey was doing everything right. He just couldn't get points in the bottom position, and his opponent held that riding-time advantage.

I think it may be tougher this year because there are more nerves from the expectation of winning it. I have more motivation to train harder. I never take anything for granted. I like Vitaly. He's a good kid. I'm glad to see him make it here. He'll be a good opponent to have in the finals.

I think I played very smart today. I think that's my strongest part, I can adjust my game even during the match and see how the opponent is playing,