History Quotes / WorthyOpponent

-->-- ''Literature/TheWayOfKings''

->''"I should make you'' suffer'', {{ComicBook/Captain|America}}. I really, really should. But [[TricksterArchetype I, more than anyone]], can appreciate a [[EngineeredPublicConfession good trick]]! Well played, mortal. Next time, I shan't underestimate ComicBook/TheAvengers and their star-spangled leader."''

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->''"I should make you'' suffer'', {{ComicBook/Captain|America}}. I really, really should. But [[TricksterArchetype I, more than anyone]], can appreciate a [[EngineeredPublicConfession good trick]]! Well played, mortal. Next time, I shan't underestimate ComicBook/TheAvengers and their star-spangled leader."''
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Loki}}''', ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: The Avengers''
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->''"So that's his name... Po. Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be [[EvilIsHammy LEGENDARY]]!"''

->''"Permit me to apologize for calling you [[PunyHumans bugs]] just now. You proved to be a worthy adversary after all."''

-->-- '''Philip of Macedon''' on seeing the corpses of the [[BadassGay Theban Sacred Band]] at [[LastStand Chaerona]]

-->-- '''Dr. Robotnik''' to Sonic, ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM''

-->-- '''Charlotte Katakuri''', ''Manga/One Piece'', seeing Luffy as an equal during combat.

-->--''Literature/TheWayOfKings''

->''Kakarot...you really are something else. I think I've finally figured it out...I think I know why a genius like me can't keep up with you. I thought it was because you had people you wanted to protect. It was as if having a strong desire to save others gave you some mysterious power...and maybe it does, in some way. [[TookALevelInKindness I, too, have those I care about now...]]but you were always different. You don't fight to win, you fight to continue pushing yourself past your own limits. [[AllLovingHero That's why you never took the lives of your opponents.]] You...you even had the opportunity to kill '''me''...but you didn't. '''You didn't!''' Damn you, Kakarot...I can't believe a battle-loving kind-hearted Saiyan even exists! Only you can do this...'''you are Number One!'''.''

->''"That's what makes you dangerous. It's not the mask. It's not the skills. It's your ideology. The lone man who thinks he can make a difference. I'm glad we could talk. I...I respect your conviction even if it runs counter with with my own."''

->''"Finally. A man worth killing.''

->''"I'm impressed. No one has ever gotten the better of me like that. It is almost a shame to [[DePower purify]] someone so talented. ''Almost.''"''

->''"Farewell, Kim Possible. You were a worthy adversary. [[SubvertedCatchPhrase You were indeed All That.]]"''

->"I guess I should salute you as a 'worthy adversary' and all that, but the truth is I really did ''hate your guts!"''

-->-- '''Boros''', ''Anime/OnePunchMan'', concerning his battle with the title character.

->'''The Old Orc''': My time has come. I am old. Too old to become chief. It would be wrong for me to take wives at this age. [[DeathSeeker So I will die. Malacath has given me a vision of a glorious death. I am to wait here until it finds me. As you can see, it has not yet arrived.]]
->'''[[PlayerCharacter The Dragonborn]]''': Maybe I could give you the death you seek?
->'''The Old Orc''': Perhaps. Are you sure about this?
->'''The Dragonborn''': Yes, I am sure. [[DyingMomentOfAwesome I will give you a good death.]]
->'''The Old Orc''': Hm. We shall see.

->''"You are a Raider... [[MemeticMutation Legendary!]]"''
-->-- '''General Tozen''', ''VideoGame/ForHonor''

->'''The Warden''': You fought well.\\
'''Gudmundr''': [[SubvertedTrope To Hel with you!]]
-->-- ''VideoGame/ForHonor''[[note]]During the final mission of the Knights campaign, where the Blackstone Legion is burning down Gudmundr's home[[/note]]

->''"I had taken my measure of that Warden. Once you cross swords with someone, you know their heart."''
-->-- '''The Orochi''', ''VideoGame/ForHonor''

->''"Well fought Oak... A shame we only had the trees as audience."''\\
''"Dying in battle... That is the only honorable thing you've ever done, Gravicius."''\\
'' "Your glory will be remembered in song forever, Daresso. I promise you that."''
-->-- '''The Duelist''', ''VideoGame/PathOfExile''

->''"If I am defeated, I know that I will fall to something mighty. Something that craves might, something that loves what I love, which is [[MightMakesRight the Deep, a principle and a power, the versatile, protean need to adapt and endure, to reach out and shape the universe entirely for that purpose..."]]''
-->-- '''Oryx the Taken King''', [[EncyclopediaExposita "Calcified Fragment: Insight"]] ''Videogame/{{Destiny}}'',

->[[EvilOverlord Tahril]] was greatly pleased when he vanquished the famed soldiers, but was even more elated at how ''worthy'' an adversary the Space Marines proved. One can weary of docile playthings, but no Dark Eldar ever feels ''[[SenseFreak so alive]]'' as the moment when one stands victorious, having narrowly skirted defeat and death. The Archon considered it the greatest compliment to the slain Blood Raven commander when he placed his [[CreepySouvenir severed shrunken head]] on the upper tassel of his warbelt.
-->--''VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Soulstorm''

->''"It is rare to find an opponent worthy of my skills, rarer still to find one capable of besting me [[ResurrectiveImmortality more than once."]]''
-->--'''The Assassin''', ''Videogame/XCOM2''

-->--'''[=SkekNa=] the Hunter,''' ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'', "[[Recap/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistanceS1E4TheFirstThingIRememberIsFire The First Thing I Remember Is Fire]]"

-->-- '''[[spoiler:[[VideoGame/GodOfWarSeries Kratos]]]]''', ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight''

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