Quotes About Respect

Karate is Budo and if Budo is removed from Karate it is nothing more than sport karate, show karate, or even fashion karate-the idea of training merely to be fashionable.

Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

The ocean humbles you. You can go and win a world title, but you're never going to beat the ocean.

I had to remind Gary Kristen often that he was in the covers to field against Sachin not to applaud him

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

On the road we're somebody else's guests - and we play in a way that they're not going to forget we visited them.

The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.

The person, the student, the athlete, all are considered equal.

Good sportsmanship means treating others with respect. I consider myself a pretty good sport.

Make sure that team members know they are working with you, not for you.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

A guy who gives you less than what he has to give is, one, telling you what he thinks of you, and two, telling you what he thinks of himself.

It's nice to come into a town and be referred to as the manager of the Cleveland Indians instead of as the first black manager.

Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it.

There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.

I have always wanted to be liked and respected.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager, and never, ever your uniform.

It's great to win, but it's also great fun just to be in the thick of any truly well and hard fought contest against opponents you respect, whatever the outcome.

Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people.