Opponent Strength Quotes

When you're playing the best player in the world, you've got to play well.

When you're playing against a team like India you're always going to struggle, especially as they bat all the way down the order to No. 9 and 10.

The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.

My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.

Chael is a pretty tough and strategic opponent and very hard to put down.

It's the heavyweight division, man: there's a bunch of big guys, so anything can happen when they hit you. But I have plans, and feel I get better every fight.

We know from experience that anything can happen in games against strong opponents; nuances can make the difference.

I know there is not a featherweight out there who I couldn't beat.

Alan Shearer was tough, would be hard to play against, a difficult opponent.

We scored a season-high, yeah - albeit against a team that is somewhat tanking.

You are rushing into war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth — right at your doors. You are bound to fail.

The three toughest fighters I fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

If you're playing against someone, you always want them playing flat out and at their best - so when you are successful you know you've produced a really good performance.

As a champion, I can't fight against weak fighters.

Sometimes, when we play against weaker teams, everyone says, 'Oh, you won because you played weaker teams.'

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.

Mark Hunt is a formidable opponent, but his style gives Brock Lesnar the best chance to win. Mark Hunt may not be the best-skilled athlete, but when he gets in the ring, you're going to get everything he's got.

To beat Serena, she's world No. 1, so it's always tough to beat someone like this. She's never giving up. Even if she's losing, not playing her best, it's always tough to beat girls like this.

I want to fight for a credible organization and face high caliber opponents.

You can't control games for 90 minutes; there will be moments where the opponents will show their quality.

To make it big, a fighter needs power. Otherwise, sooner or later, he'll fall victim to opponents who force the issue and take two or three punches to land one.

At the end of the day, I feel like I've never had an easy break in terms of opponents.

You build up the opponent, and you lose confidence.

For the most part, since the time I was in EliteXC fighting, maybe there were one or two fights here and there that they had me to win, but for the most part I've been an underdog. I'm not a kickboxer so I'm going to lose to a kickboxer. I'm not a wrestler, my wrestling sucks, so I'm going to lose to a wrestler.

When I fought Nick Thompson, I wasn't experienced enough. That was the first person that put me in a real fight. Before Nick, nobody had put me in a fight where I had to struggle.