Rivalry Quotes

One thing I've learned in the last seven years, in every game and con there is always an opponent and there is always a victim. The trick is to know when you're the latter, so you can become the former.

"This might sound odd, but I'm glad you're here."
"Pretty neat. As much as I'd love to kill you, I'm glad she's warm."
"If we weren't natural enemies...and you weren't trying to steal my reason for existing… I might actually like you."
"Well… If you weren't planning on sucking the life out of the girl I love, I might... No... Not even then."

Of course he didn't listen to me. For James, one world title was enough. He had proved what he needed to prove. To himself and anyone who doubted him. And two years later, he retired. When I saw him next in London, seven years later, me as a champion again, him as broadcaster, he was barefoot on a bicycle with a flat tire, still living each day like his last. When I heard he died age 45 of a heart attack, I wasn't surprised. I was just sad. People always think of us as rivals but he was among the very few I liked and even fewer that I respected. He remains the only person I envied.