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'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.
The more irrational you make your opponent, the more control you have over him in the ring.
That's usually the way I am - I don't care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
I don't just study my opponent; I study myself. It's something you have to do to get better.
People who are great at what they do, they do it the same way no matter who the opponent is.
In a street fight there is no time-limit, no weight division, you don't choose your opponent.
It can be a daunting prospect for any player to know that his opponent will never, ever quit.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Yeah, I'm going to start talking to myself a little bit. Not talking to the opponent as much.
Man, I never got to fight a ranked opponent at 155, and that wasn't because I wasn't winning.
Knowing your opponent is fundamental. Because then you can know their characteristics better.
You have to pay the same amount of detail regardless of opponent when so much is on the line.
I'm not looking to be an opponent and have a promoter match me with their up-and-coming star.
It's not being disrespectful, but the less you know an opponent, the more work you have to do.
As an opponent, the fiercest bouts were always against Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a fantastic player.
What's important to us is developing the habit of playing harder than our opponent every night.
My opponent called me a cream puff. Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.
If you have an opponent who is clearly better than you, then OK, you have something to analyse.
You have to think tactically and you can't just go in and swing against the first best opponent.
After every move, ask yourself what does my opponent want to do to me, and how can I prevent it?
When you're little, you're taught not to look at, like, if your opponent gets angry or anything.
If the opponent makes a foul close to their own goal, it's a chance for us. I take it like this.
Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
In the centre, you play more with your back to the opponent's goal and have to move into the gaps.
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
Suffering makes me hungry. Suffering allows me to put some hurt in my opponent. It's a good thing.
You can never make the mistake of underestimating an opponent, especially in the Champions League.
If you ask my promoters and managers, they will say I've never knocked back an opponent in my life.
The game is a war, and in a war you fight. My opponent is just the director of the opponent's army.
The point in tennis is to take the ball as early as possible and take time away from your opponent.
I don't feel my opponent's power. I feel something happening when I get hit, but I don't feel power.
I always have a motto: if it's going in-and-out one night, then the next opponent should be worried.
Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.
I don't get wrapped up in the politics of going down to win a penalty or getting an opponent sent off.
My mother is the toughest opponent. Many people think she would go easy on me, but that's not the case.
I know how good I am, and I know where I can go if I'm in the right mindset and respecting my opponent.
I don't see why I should be happy scoring a goal against an opponent on a much lower level than we are.
I come in the ring to feel, check, and see my opponent. Then I understand him and understand the fight.
I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.
Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.
If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you.
Not everybody in the world who is an opponent of our opponent is necessarily going to be a friend of ours.
Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.
As a fighter my goal is not to get hit and frustrate my opponent. Once I get you frustrated then I got you.
I can honestly say that every time I go on court, I see the opponent in a competitive way, but not a rival.
It's not 64 squares. It's a battlefield. There's no luck, there's no dice. It's just you and your opponent.
We must not dive into tackles but force the opponent to run so that maybe they will crack late in the game.
Successful candidates follow a simple fundamental rule: Define yourself before your opponent can define you.
I don't look at my opponent's eyes in the ring. I watch his gloves so that I can block or avoid his punches.