Robert Whittaker Quotes

Criminals usually prey on weakness. They can smell it.

Ultimately, when two professionals meet, I don't really see the location as being a defining factor. If you're a psychologically weak fighter, maybe it would be. But if you're a seasoned pro, it doesn't really come into it.

Every time I go out there, I just try to find the weakness of my opponent and then use that to my advantage.

Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

For me, making my intent clear to the batsman before he stamps his authority is important. Playing with his mind is a way of attacking rather than setting attacking fields.

What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.

As soon as someone finds out something you're insecure about or that bothers you, they will use that against you, which is awful.

Everywhere on the Continent, the tourist is looked upon as a bird to be plucked, and presently the bird himself feebly comes to regard plucking as his proper destiny and abjectly holds out his wing so long as there is a feather left on it.

I was never the most technical; I was never the best at one aspect at this sport, but what I was always good as was negating people's strengths and putting them in terrible situations where they're uncomfortable.

Standing toe to toe with another fighter, I could probably do well, but a smart fighter is not going to stand toe to toe with me, and they're going to move to a weakness.

It is basic, serve at the weak point of your opponent.

Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.

Being able to adjust - to any fighter, no matter what pressure he can give me - I'm going to show I can do all that.

I had a lot of rematches in the amateurs. You don't always know what an opponent's going to do. I do find that I beat them more easily second time around.

If people think they've found my biggest weakness, let them try to take advantage of it.

I don't have any ill will towards any of my opponents. I understand we are the highest calibre of athlete in this sport, and we will both go and give it our all. But I don't want anyone to misinterpret what I am saying: when we step into that octagon and we touch gloves, I am going to break his face.

It is easy to kick a person when he is down.

I tried to get into the mind of my opponent and psyche him out.

Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

Every quarterback can be rattled. There's no guy who can't be.

Tennis is a battle of the minds, just as much as it is a battle of playing ability. Trying to expose your opponent's weaknesses is one of the most vital and fascinating facets of tennis.

But the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps.

For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his rich intuitive talent. But for the chess struggle nowadays one needs a subtle knowledge of human nature, an understanding of the opponent's psychology.

It's terrible when the weak are also cruel for then we are defenseless against them.