Quotes About Respect

Every player has played with gay guys.

I'm not a freak show. I'm a hockey player.

The biggest problem is when a player asks a captain why he is not playing but does not want an honest answer.

In England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England.

Whatever player Arsene picks to play for Arsenal, I respect that and so should the fans.

If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.

Charlie Parker is my greatest inspiration as a saxophone player - anything that involves him entails a large amount of respect.

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

Best player I ever played against? I mean, I played against many, many good players, so I don't know who to keep. I would say Ronaldo the Fenomeno.

Obviously, Kobe is one of the greatest players to ever play the game.

Outside cricket, I idolise Roger Federer and in the gentleman's game, I look up to Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. Not only were they great players, but the way they conducted themselves off the field evoked respect.

Respect is the most essential thing about captaincy. Respect between the captain and players is important. It is give and take.

In Germany, it is normal, when games end, you shake hands with your players.

It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.

The feeling Klopp gives to the players... you want to run for him.

I think the more common players who have been around for a while - Joe Root, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Anderson, Stuart Broad - those guys I know of, they're fantastic players.

Every boy needs a role model that he can be proud of and talk about to the other kids in the playground.

When you are playing, you play as rivals. When off the field, we are friends. I feel that's a good thing. That's the beauty of IPL.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

There's a difference between fair game and playing games.

If you are in an Edward Albee play, you say Edward Albee is the greatest playwright of all time... If you're in an Israel Horovitz play, you say Israel Horovitz is the greatest playwright of all time.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it's fun though.