Opponent Mindset Quotes

As it is, in football if you are on top and winning games everyone wants to play well against you, put in more effort and beat you.

As a competitive athlete, you always want to come out on top and give your best work. So whether it's my sister or any other opponent, I'm competitive.

When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

I'm a very proud warrior and with that mentality comes great fights: especially when I'm in with opponents that mean business.

Male, female, it doesn't matter. All I see when I look across the ring is an opponent.

I keep training hard, keep working out, keep looking at my fights, and I wonder, 'If I was to fight me, how would I beat me?' It's like having a boat with a bunch of holes. I'm trying to patch up all the holes. If I was to fight myself, I'd take advantage of certain things. I've got to know my opponent is thinking the same thing.

Saina is not someone special player that I have to win against. It's not like that I must beat her. She is one of the players.

You have to forget you are playing against your idol, because the guy on the other side also wants to play better than you and beat you. I don't think you should allow yourself to think like this when you go against any player.

All you can do is trust your game and not wait for the opponent to give you the match.

It's not so much about conquering Madison Square Garden or Vegas. The opponents who I fight will take me all around different venues and arenas. I need to conquer opponents.

It's always been that opponents get down to business against Bayern specifically because they want to show how desperate they are to defeat the champions.

I shared a dressing room with Alan Shearer. I used to watch the opposition looking at him, and they'd be thinking they need to score more than one because Shearer is going to score, and he scores every game. That psychological advantage is fantastic.

I respect Canelo's ability and achievements but to me he is simply another fighter I need to beat. Just another step along the road.

If you get into an armbar and someone locks it down on you, it's easy for you to tap out, but sometimes dealing with certain things, fighting through certain adversities, and being that I've been in some of the toughest situations in life, it just gives me an edge on my opponent that I'm going to torture him and beat him up.

Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe.

Never assume the other fellow will not do something you wouldn't do.

Oney Lorcan is such a hard-hitting dude, just like me. We go in there, two hard-hitting dudes, and the crowd are going to be taken aback, and that's our goal.

Ibrahimovic is certainly a great player, but during a match, I don't waste any thoughts on who is opposing me, and you never have any fears on the pitch.