Respect for Opponents Quotes

You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.

Never fear another challenger, no matter how large; Never despise another challenger, no matter how small.

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I just think I respect him highly as a quality player. I did not like some things he did on the football pitch and I have the right to say that. It's not because you are older, suddenly, that you are a saint.

I'm not gloating over Chad Dawson, he's still the man in my book.

I hated Jason Witten. I appreciated his game, but I always hated him.

When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.

I'm not going to another club to hurt Liverpool.

At Ajax, we have a certain philosophy that is sometimes more important than winning - the development of players.

It's just, some players I don't respect. Just their playing style of basketball. I don't respect it. I feel like it's basically cheating and I don't respect a cheater. If that's your tactic to winning, I don't respect you.

I will always remember and we must all remember that Democrats are our political rivals, not our enemies, and they deserve our respect.

When I started wrestling, I hounded my dad to teach me. Eventually, he gave in, but he was careful to instill in me a respect for other wrestlers. He wanted to be sure I wasn't going to hurt anyone.

I just think I respect the game and care for the game so much.

In all sports, people get competitive; things happen that shouldn't happen.

Lack of fairness to an opponent is essentially a sign of weakness.

When I would lose matches, I fully respected the person who beat me, because they beat me. I can't blame anybody.

Before the game there was all this stuff about anti-racism and anti-bullying. It would be a good idea to start wearing wristbands for anti-diving.

When you're off the court, that's when it's time to talk or whatever you want to do. But once it goes up, it's time to compete.

If I score against Liverpool I will not celebrate.

As an individual, I take every match seriously, no matter who I'm going to play.

If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count his strokes. It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head.

From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest.

The nicer the point, the more -- the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.

I'm not a nice guy on the field, and I've never really respected a guy who's been a 'nice guy' on the field. I want opposition to be hard, to play to win the game for their team.