He who exercises no forethought but makes light of his opponents is sure to be captured by them.
If you look at the history of Manchester United, they are always a big side, so there is no time of underestimating them.
You scared of that pip-squeak? Dude, you got a lot to learn. Freakin' Newbies.
We have to be mentally prepared for every team we play. If we play a team who has a big name on their chests, then we are going to come out ready. But if we play a team who doesn't have a big name or a star player, we have a hard time coming out ready.
To be honest with you, I normally beat guys with my C game and I don't have to pull my A or B game out.
I fell for my own hype. I had too many people saying I couldn't be beat, and I actually fell for it.
Wise man also fears a weak enemy.
Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn't regard yourself as a weakling.
Otis barreled towards them empty-handed, before apparently realizing that a) he was empty-handed and b) charging towards a large body of water to fight a son of Poseidon was maybe not a good idea.
The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years.
Beware of barking at underdogs; don't fight with people who have nothing to lose.
I would be more wary of boxing a pretty boxer than I would one that looks like they have been bashed up a bit because the pretty boxer obviously doesn't get hit - so that means they must be quite good!
When you are accustomed to winning, when you are used to winning, then afterwards you tend not to have the same level of concentration. Sometimes you go into the games thinking you have already won because you are so strong.
I've always been a guy - I ran my mouth in NXT about the little guys who come through, and they are tough and feisty or whatever it is. To me, they're no more dangerous than a little chihuahua.
I don't mind getting beaten by Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr and people like that, but I'd hate to go into a training camp with my heart not fully in it and risk getting beaten by somebody who shouldn't be beating me.
Whoever is in that ring, they are not enough for me, and they can't handle me.
You don't want a team going around the league just thinking they can beat you by 30, 40 points every time that you play them.
Boasting and bravado may exist in the breast even of the coward, if he is successful through a mere lucky hit; but a just contempt of an enemy can alone arise in those who feel that they are superior to their opponent by the prudence of their measures.
