Zitat des Tages über Gegner / Opponent:
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.
I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else.
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.
Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.
I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio, or television. I don't know if any other politician at a gubernatorial, congressional, or a senatorial level can make the claim.
I've learned from every single fight, every single opponent - some great fighters.
Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.
I don't focus much on video. I watch here and there, perhaps two or three of my opponent's fights. That gives me a good idea of his style.
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.
Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.
The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.
While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.
I said during the course of the campaign I didn't like it and I don't like the idea of having an opponent's picture on your ads and it would be nice to see candidates sign a pledge like that.
My opponent Senator Menendez and his colleagues are pursuing what I consider a Jon Corzine economic policy. Higher taxes, more spending, more debt.
Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
I felt like I was cheated out of my career in the UFC. In my mind and in my heart, I never lost to a foe. I never lost to an opponent. I lost to diverticulitis. That was my opponent that beat me. A lot of other people might have other thoughts about that.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.
In the animal world, there are all kinds of behaviors that are binary: for example, to flee or to fight. In any evolutionary environment, knowing your opponent's decision would not be advantageous for long because your opponent would evolve the same recognition mechanism to also know you.
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.
The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable, does the game develop.
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player.
Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.
You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
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.
I don't worry about what my opponent is doing.
The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.
The arts were like, there's no opponent. It's just yourself. I'm not saying they don't make the arts a competition with awards and all that, but that's outside the work itself.
The secret to gaining the upper hand in a negotiation is to give the other side the illusion of control. Don't try to force your opponent to admit that you are right. Ask questions, that begin with 'How?' or 'What?' so your opponent uses mental energy to figure out the answer.
To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury is the Art of Peace.
All you can do is trust your game and not wait for the opponent to give you the match.
Attacks on a politician's identity - questioning Romney's religion, say, or Obama's birthplace - tend to come when an opponent is desperate and can't sell himself.
