For us it's better to think of our opponents as idiots. It's easier to play hard against someone you don't like than it is to play against a friend.
The task is not to overcome opponents in general but only those opponents against whom one has to summon all one's strength, one's skill and one's swordsmanship-in fact to master opponents who are one's equals.
There's no specific reason for it, sometimes results just go against you and your opponents play too well.
You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.
The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.
It was just one of those things that, you know, you get to the NBA and have success and you just wanna play against the best, you don't wanna play with the best.
The big games against big opponents, those are the best games to play in.
To be respectful to opponents is to play hard against them.
Forget your opponents; always play against par.
As a kid, I just always learned that if you want to be the best, you have to play against the best.
I was lucky enough to play against Maradona. He and Ronaldo, when he was at Inter Milan - they were my toughest opponents.
Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela. The first step in the process is creating unfounded public suspicion of political opponents, followed by arresting and jailing any who continue speaking against the regime.
Never back down, never fear anyone, for the best opponents will help you to play your best.
Article II of the articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon was just the simple fact that he talked about and suggested the potential use of the IRS against one or two political opponents.
The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.
I want to thank all my team-mates as well as the opponents in red ball cricket. It has been a privilege to play with and against them.