Ender quotes from Ender's Game (2013)

Why'd you keep kicking him? You'd already won the fight. Did you enjoy it?

Ender

No. Then why? Speak up, son. Knocking him down was the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones too. So they'd leave me alone.

But you have a habit of upsetting your commander.

Ender

I find it hard to respect someone just because they outrank me, sir.

Ender

I've had a lot of fights, Val. I've won because I've always understood the way my enemy thinks. And when I truly understand them...

You also love them.

We won! That's all that matters.

Ender

No. The way we win matters.