James Anderson Quotes

Lee is such a brilliant rival. I treasure the opportunities we have to play each other.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

I do not hate them or anything. I have a lot of respect for Real Madrid, but I always want to beat them.

I can honestly say that every time I go on court, I see the opponent in a competitive way, but not a rival.

I respect my competition.

Even if we were friends, I consider this a sport, a competition, so there are no ill feelings towards any other fighter or whatever.

I kinda see everyone as competition. I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good. Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who they think is the better player. It is what it is, but there is no rivalry beyond games and what happens on the pitch.

I didn't get along with most of the players I played against, but the one guy I did get along with was my greatest rival, so it can be done.

It's nice when you can have that battle on the pitch and then there's respect after the game because, ultimately, you are just trying to do your best.

I respect Manchester United, but I have respect to Dortmund as well.

The Lakers and the Clippers teams play against each other; friends shouldn't.

Frankly speaking, the pleasure and satisfaction you get after performing against India you don't get against any team, and if you ask the Indian players, they would have similar sentiments.

I don't have no issue with any guy. I'm a football player. I'm a competitor. When we're in the field, we're going to compete and be competitive. It's not personal between none of these guys. It's all in the game.

Of course we have respect for the rival.

Obviously, it is good to have competitiveness in the team and that urge to want to beat the driver next to you, but at the same time, I think we are gonna respect each other.

My philosophy is to respect the opposition off the field and play it as tough as possible on it.

We all started playing football against our best friends, and I can't remember a moment where, because it was my best friend, I did not want to win against him.

Great rivalries don't have to be built on hatred. They're built on respect, on a respect for excellence.

We were brothers off the field, but there was no love lost on it. We fought like cats and dogs. Wes was always trying to strike me out, and meantime, I was always trying to hit a home run off him.

I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.

I always bring out the best in men I fight, but Joe Frazier, I'll tell the world right now, brings out the best in me. I'm gonna tell ya, that's one helluva man, and God bless him.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

It's always interesting to be playing against some of my best friends and some of my longtime teammates. You get to see them before the game and after the game and it's always nice to catch up but when the whistle blows it's sort of all business on the field.