#opponent

Negotiation means getting the best of your opponent. ↗

— Marvin Gaye

#getting #means #negotiation #opponent #your

When you find your opponent's weak spot, hammer it. ↗

— John Heisman

#hammer #opponent #spot #weak #you

Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#bond #dismissed #had #most #often

If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic. ↗

— Anatoly Karpov

#cases #conducted #even #game #get

It goes way, way back when we were under Sweden's rule. We always think they are better than us. We played against them so often for so many years. Every country has one opponent they want to beat and for us, it's Sweden. ↗

— Saku Koivu

#always #back #beat #better #country

Ward Churchill might be more valuable to the opponents of the academic left employed than unemployed. Above all, he can serve as a living window into the intellectual, moral, and political bankruptcy of the left. ↗

— Mort Kondracke

#academic #bankruptcy #churchill #employed #intellectual

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#beauty #chess #create #creativity #depends

Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#destroy #entire #even #fault #game

I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#because #board #emotions #give #i

The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable, does the game develop. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#comparable #develop #does #game #important