“You cheated.’ ‘No, I exploited a weakness in my opponent. There is a difference.”
Eragon and Arya
Inheritance (2011)
“The difference in class and experience between my opponent and me was obviously huge. But this is a final so I had to expect a fierce fight from my opponent and that’s exactly what happened”
Speaking on the Moscow Sabre Men's Final against fellow Russian, the 21 year old Nikolay Kovalev. http://russiatoday.ru/sports/news/21035 Russia Today
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