Top Opponent Quotes
When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil.
James Carville
To injure an opponent is to injure yourself. To control aggression without inflicting injury in the Art of Peace.
Morihei Ueshiba
The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.
Vladimir Kramnik
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.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.
Bill Russell
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Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.
Paul Begala 
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The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.
Jesse Helms
58% of people like this quote
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
James M. Barrie
58% of people like this quote
Well, I was a very strong opponent of the war, in fact, one of those who went door to door to my colleagues and thus achieved 60 percent of the Democrats voting no against this war.
Jan Schakowsky
57% of people like this quote
I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.
Ryne Sandberg
57% of people like this quote
Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!
Alexander Alekhine
57% of people like this quote
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.
Joe Scarborough
57% of people like this quote
If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.
Mark Russell
56% of people like this quote
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