Opponent Quotations | Page 4

You're playing a great champion, someone that's obviously achieved a lot in her career. And she's still young. Any opponent that I see across the net, I cannot think about whether they're terrible or they're great. I can't put that in my mind.

You would think we'd never, ever, ever scouted an opponent or worked on defense or any of those things. We tried to man them. We tried to zone them. We couldn't get them to miss.

You should itemize a whole litany of requests, which become bargaining chips. You may have things that you're willing to throw away, but your opponent doesn't know that.

Your opponent has a lot to do with that. We knew we were playing a good team. I told my wife before I left home that we were more ready to play than we've been in a long time.

You're not going to beat that quality of an opponent by making those kind of mental mistakes that we made. At this stage of the year, it's very disappointing to see we would make some of those errors.

This is going to be an interesting challenge for both sides, playing the same opponent in seven consecutive games.

This is going to be the most time that we have had off to get ready for an opponent since December. I am hopeful that during that time that we can continue to improve and turn the focus on ourselves.

This is a soft-money ban. If my opponent will agree to sign it, we'll have it in writing.

This is really a comedy of errors and missteps for the candidate, the party, the consultants, everybody. Everybody wants an opponent like these guys.

This game was very typical of us. We started out strong, took the game to the opponent and gradually lost concentration and came down. This team is unpredictable.

This game was fun, obviously. But I did see them as another opponent today.

This conference doesn't allow you to enjoy it a whole lot because you know there's a talented Georgia basketball team that got to sit home and rest. It has to be huge for the players to come in here and play against a quality opponent like Tennessee.

They were extremely prepared and did a really nice job themselves defensively, but when you hold an opponent to 30 percent shooting and force them to turn it over 21 times, I think that says a little something about the effort.

They're well coached with good players and good athletes. They have just about everything to make an opponent that can scare you.

They've been an especially tough opponent for us offensively,

They played Hull Western to a seven-point game. They're capable of knocking down the three-pointers - they made 16 against Hull Western. We can't take any opponent for granted. We have to come ready to play Friday.

They are coming clean on how meaningless his evasive 2003 testimony was. It's now even clearer than before that the far-right activists who've been turning handsprings in celebration of Roberts's nomination are getting exactly what they wanted: a proven activist opponent of personal freedoms like a woman's right to choose.

They are the principal opponent to the whole thing, and it's very difficult for me to understand why. Invariably, at the end of the day, the German representatives always put restrictions back on the table that they are absolutely insistent about.

You don't throw out a mayor who's got a decent-to-good record. You certainly don't throw him out in favor of an opponent who's got a less-than-compelling message.

You don't represent your people. You can't represent anyone correctly. I promise you I will knock you out. I had one other opponent who I (hated) and I knocked him out (Fernando Vargas) too. I promise you will also be knocked out. Believe me.

This means so much to me to be fighting in my hometown. I'm not overlooking or disrespecting my opponent but I have to score a knockout when I'm fighting at home.

There were a lot of things that happened in that sequence of play . . . the spotlight will probably go on Josh because it was his opponent that kicked the winning goal, but there were a lot of things that we can learn from that passage of play.

There's a lot of guys that haven't been here in years past for all the streaks and the things we've had going on with them. There's an obvious rivalry there that adds to it a little bit. ... But the way that we approach each game will be the same way regardless of who the opponent is.

This is very important for us. The girls needed to find out that they can win without Tanya. To actually go out and win a game against a quality opponent like Trinity is a huge boost for us.

This is the type of team that has their back against the wall, and that's a dangerous opponent with a great quarterback,

They're known statewide. Playing a quality opponent like them will help our team.

They're in the NHL. They're on our team. We have to generate more shots, we have to generate more traffic. We have to make life tough for our opponent to defend so that even though they might not be pretty goals we certainly can put the puck in the net.

They're a very young, energetic team. They play with a lot of poise, a lot of enthusiasm. And it's something we have to be prepared for. And we will be. It'll be a good test for us. We respect our opponent very much, but we'll be fine.

They're a good program and you can't play the way we did against a quality opponent like them and expect to win.

There's been a lot of pressure on us this year, so that's certainly been a different situation. And (today) we're going to face an opponent that's gotten hot at the right time. That's always scary.

Absolutely, the effort was better. If we want to compete against the top teams in the league, we've got to play like that. Actually, we need to play like that every night, no matter who the opponent is.

The more you pressure a team, the more it has to work on both ends of the floor. The more you make your opponent work, the better off you are.

A candidate for Congress who would be out knocking on doors, meeting with supporters, talking about issues, debating his or her opponent would come back to the headquarters and they would say, 'This guy, Tom DeLay, just sent home-baked cookies from Texas.

It's just the opposite this year from the ranking and record standpoint, so from that perspective I hope we don't have the same result. We know that Arlington is a capable opponent and has improved its game during the course of the year. But while they're better, we hope we are, too.

It seems like they played really hard against Sacramento, didn't they? That was their other opponent they had an option to play. It would seem like they want to choose us.

It's fair to say we're much improved from playing these three matches against three very different teams. I'm not sure we'll play an opponent as good at serve, pass and receive as UCSB for a while. For us to go toe-to-toe and out-dig them says a lot about where we are.

It's a shame we can't draw fans on a consistent basis. Here we have a strong conference opponent in the building and get such a small crowd. I want to thank the loyal fans we do have.

It?s a big advantage for me. My opponent is looking at an opponent that has won it all.

It wasn't our sharpest day on offense. You hate to lose to any opponent because every game is so important and it's a chance to prove to your teammates and yourself how great this program can be.

It was brand new the year my opponent first took office in the Indiana Statehouse. I think it is time to trade it in.

It will be a fun time. I've wrestled my opponent twice before and pinned him both times. But I'm not going to underestimate him. I'm going to come out aggressive.

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It is very disappointing, it happened when he jarred his foot and there was no opponent near him.

It's a good issue to define your opponent. If your opponent is for flag burning, he's got to go through a very sophisticated explanation.

I told our players this was our only opportunity this season to play an opponent of this caliber. It was up to them to take advantage of it.

It's an opponent that's given us some fits over the last couple years.

It's a quality opponent and an opportunity to play a future NBA player. It's another challenge for us.

I totally changed my style and became a better all-around wrestler last year. I relied heavily on takedowns and I began working in a lot of different moves. It wasn't like my sophomore year when I would either pin my opponent or lose.

It's a great win for us. You're beating a quality opponent on the road. They've been very, very successful and have a lot of quality wins.

I told the guys a little while ago that I hope we learned a lesson tonight. That's the kind of effort we're going to get from our opponent every night in the state playoffs, and we've got to be ready to match it and exceed it. To be quite honest, South Central deserved this win tonight. They out-hustled us. When you work that hard, things go your way. They made a play, and my hat's off to them.

It's tough to beat the same opponent three times. We never did get our offense in sync in the second half, but Jason King did a great job of moving the basketball. He penetrated when we needed him to, and backed it out when we needed him to do that. He's like a coach on the floor.

For me, it was about the W, and that's why I turned it on. Then I just tried to ride the wave and demoralize our opponent - and it turned into something special.

Football is a game that's played with intensity and passion. If your opponent determines how hard you're going to play in the game, then you're in the wrong sport.

It's okay. It was important to avoid Spain. The Czech Republic is an opponent that I think will suit us.

It's more than hitting hard; you have to find what the opponent can and cannot do and exploit that. I see them in the last three or four months as more accepting of my coaching.

It's more significant because from here on the games get bigger. We finished non-conference 3-0 with a win over a ranked team. We treat every week as championship week. Our next game against Washington is another big week. We treat each opponent the same, we want to go out there and put it all on the line.

It's always more difficult to change somebody's mind once they have a negative impression of you. But he can run against an opponent and try to bring him to the same level or even a lower level than where his negatives are.

It's kind of nice to see Minnesota as an opponent because we know who they are. We've played them before. We've been going through their stuff and we feel pretty confident about how we're going to defend them.

It?s going to be a tough week because it?s going to be a playoff atmosphere. It?s important for us to try to win one game at a time and just concentrate on that. Whatever opponent we have to play, just worry about those guys. And then worry about whatever happens after that.

It's good to know where you're going and who your next opponent is gong to be.

It's going to be a great opponent no matter who we play.

It's hard to imagine a better opponent in a friendly than Brazil.

It's been a while since we have been able to do that (hold an opponent under 40 points). They take pride in that. The bench at the end of the game was really kind of getting into it. It's a pride thing and it is really something we take to heart.

It's got nothing to do with who the opponent is,

Don had to overcome a lack of cardio-conditioning to fend off his Round Valley opponent in the last dual of the night. But, you expect no less from Don; he is a fighter and will absolutely never give up no matter what the odds.

That's the first time I've ever gone against him as an opponent and it was something.

That's one of the things I think that you're going to continue to see, the George Mason run. I think they had three players that were fifth-year seniors. It's such an advantage to be older than your opponent both mentally and physically, and to have that experience of having gone through the ups and downs.

It's nice any game you can come out and execute and do things the way you're capable of doing. No matter who your opponent is.

Everybody knows when I'm in a fight, I'm trying to knock my opponent out. I have a lot of respect for Cabbage because he fights the same way. That's why this is such an exciting fight.

The biggest thing is efficiency, because if you have a lot of turnovers on the road, the opponent is going to convert a lot of them. Jersey is a great conversion team off turnovers.

Taking a cue from Iowa, the Irish will try a different tactic next time and force their opponent to wear pink.

It's an experience thing, which is what we've struggled with in the past. I've got first-year players who are juniors playing against kids who were at racquet clubs regularly when they were 12. Without that experience you get too concerned with what your opponent is doing instead of yourself.

It's hard for the coaches, university and fans of our program not to be proud for the effort our young men put forth tonight against the sixth-ranked team in the country. I wanted us to be as emotionally high as possible tonight. Why not be sky high against an opponent like this? We were in the game and believed we could win.

It's huge for us. We haven't really played a good game against a good opponent with a good record. We needed to keep winning and trying to get better in December.

It was nice to see us take advantage of an opponent making some mistakes. Sometimes it seems that we can be a little bit lax. It was nice to have the shoe on the other foot, so to speak.

It was a great effort by our team to play a ranked opponent on the road on their home court. We obviously would have liked to come away with a win, but I'm happy with our effort the girls put forth.

I've heard this rhetoric for a long time. In my district, I don't believe a Democratic opponent can win.

I've heard it called playing chess and pool at the same time, with people, because it's all about outwitting your opponent and knowing the angles. It requires a lot of training and practice.

Oklahoma is in our way to where we are trying to get, ... So, we have to beat them. We have to beat the next opponent next week, Colorado. We are No. 2 in the nation right now, so a lot of guys are going to give it all they've got to hurt our season.

It was a game that ends up like most if you turn the ball over. You give the ball to the opponent on a short field and that is the one single thing that throughout the history of this game has always been the major factor in winning or losing games. We're quite disappointed.

It was a great win for Cliff. His opponent is a tough guy from a tough gym and is one of the top fighters at that gym, but Cliff had the endurance. He had a lot of heart and persevered.

It's very even and that's what we've been talking about. Everybody can beat each other on any given night. It's important to put that last victory behind you and focus on that next opponent or you're going to get beat.

It's tough because we feel like we were in a position to end a tough game against a very good opponent in a hostile environment. We put ourselves in a position to win it.

It was 60 minutes of nonstop action. Loomis is a strong opponent and a win like this will hopefully help us get into the New England playoffs.

It used to be that riding out an opponent was the way to go.

It will be nice to be home after playing four of our first five games on the road. But we have a great opponent coming in.

It will be talked about in the campaign -- an opponent would be foolish not to bring it up -- but I don't think it's enough to put a strong incumbent in the 'vulnerable' category.

It works both ways, your opponent also has the same amount of time, so there's always some new wrinkles and there's adjustments when you get there because of the amount of time you have to prepare.

They could be a second- or third-round opponent in the playoffs, and knowing we can come in here and win is a big mental boost for everyone. We believe we can win against the best teams in the league and that's nice to know come playoff time.

They weren't playing help defense on me, so when we rotated, I was getting open. We usually jump on an opponent fast and we were able to do that.

It was his first fight back (since a May 13 knockout loss) and he wanted to put the work in. We had a strategy, but it was a little hard. You never know what you're getting when they name your opponent at the last minute, like they did today. On a scale of one through 10, I'd probably give him a five, but he did what he wanted to do tonight, which was to go some rounds.

This is clearly an endorsement of my opponent using her position as chairman.

The thing is, Texas is playing a decent opponent this week (No. 24 Colorado), and that will probably help Texas, at least this week. It would not surprise me if Texas fluctuates over the next few weeks.

Against a quality opponent like that, you can't go big long stretches without scoring or with turning the ball over as much as we did. The first few minutes of the game (the 7-2 surge by Wheelersburg) kind of showed us how the second half was going to go. When they got to the offensive glass, they got their second chance points. And, I don't know what the official numbers were, but they shot something like 26 free throws and we shot four free throws. That's a big difference.

It's really opening with two openers in not knowing what your opponent is going to do.

It's really been our goal all year long to try and get our team to respect each opponent whether it's a top-10 team or non-ranked one. Going into conference play, Vermont and Albany both have dreams of going to play in the tournament and a win against us would put one of them in, so we really need to focus on beating them.

Any time you're sitting at the top, everyone's going to try to get you. But we have to knock them off one by one. Abilene High is our only opponent we've been preparing for all week, and we're ready to play against them.

Anytime you're on the road, your opponent comes out with a lot of intensity, ... We say that you've got to weather the first-quarter storm because they're going to be jacked up. That's why they were hitting me after the throw. That's why they were fined 15 (yards). It's part of the game. Guys are going to be jacked up and ready to play, they just have to keep their composure.

Sergio almost got it done. He went up against a tough opponent and it could have gone either way. Sergio did a good job and I?m proud of him. He gave 100 percent.

Skinny will definitely be the next opponent for Scott Harrison. Harrison is the perfect opponent for him because of his style and the way he will come to him. Skinny will win this fight.