Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.
Jimmy Connors

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.
Gustav Stresemann

I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if only the country comes out of this peril safe and to the satisfaction of the finest and best government on earth.
Knute Nelson

It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.
Richard M. DeVos

You heard it from the heart, you saw it in their eyes. Then I got used to the fact that I couldn't feel my fingers and my feet. That for me was the essence of the battle.
Jude Law

You need fighters like me to battle, because frankly The New York Times and the Washington Post are not going to fight the fights that I do.
Al Goldstein

Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
Barry Sanders

Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.
Ted Lindsay

General Grant had no fixed plan of campaign beyond the general idea to avoid the strong defensive line occupied by General Lee behind Mine Run, and find a way to draw him out to open battle.
James Longstreet

Having marshalled the men in battle order, as shown in the first diagram, you will observe that each party has two ranks of men, on the first of which stand the superior Pieces, and on the next the eight Pawns.
Howard Staunton

I think we're probably more unified than ever before because we're in a battle for survival. Not only for survival as the Republican Party, but survival of the check and balance system in our government.
Bill Scott

I had a very public battle with anorexia.
Tracey Gold

Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.
John M. McHugh

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.
Gerry Adams

The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly.
Walter Jon Williams

Christianity is a battle not a dream.
Wendell Phillips

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought.
John Keegan

The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.
Alan Keyes

My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear.
James Longstreet

Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.
Ryan White