Opponent Research Quotes

Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you.

Obviously, if you are playing against a guy who is known for an up-tempo offense, you'll probably tailor your practice a little bit to say, 'Hey, let's get a couple of fast-paced plays back to back to back to try to simulate that.'

I like to go on the court and have a little bit of information about my opponent.

I'm not really into researching my opponents or other fighters other than the ones that I like.

And also it's an ever-gathering process. If I pick up the Sporting News or some sports publication and there's an article on somebody and I think I might see that player, I will tear it out and put it in a file, and I have a looseleaf book so when we're going to play that particular team I take out all these clippings and things I pulled out, I go through them, highlight them, put them in the book.

I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.

If you've got information about an opponent running against you, wouldn't you want that information - to vet it, to see if it's real information, and to use it accordingly?

The first thing I do when I book a fight is I go to the Internet and I print out a picture of the guy and put it on my refrigerator.