Quotes About Integrity

I love and respect my sport, but I am not a bad guy. First, I am a sportsman.

I'm a blue collar guy from Spokane, Washington, who was raised to just be respectful, be a sportsman, and just speak with your performances, and I'm glad that I'm back to my old ways.

I'm a sportsman who has competition in my blood, and I am not interested in money.

I'm a sportsman, not a political man.

There is no such thing as sportsmanship.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

I want to show good sportsmanship.

I wanted to be positive. I have good sportsmanship. You leave everything on a good note, you just smile and shake hands.

It's who I am. You win awards for sportsmanship and whatever, but that's just me being me. I'm not doing anything extra.

I can't be someone that I'm not. And people can spot when someone's being fake, when somebody's not being real, when somebody's sugar-coating stuff. People don't like that.

But, hey I did everything the right way and earned my spot in this game, nothing was given to me.

I had a rough spot about being a goody-goody Mormon, and not drinking or smoking. But I'm kind of grateful I've got this image now. There are no skeletons in my closet. What you see is what you get.

I've actually been in situations where I've turned down a lot of money to continue on, in certain shows, or to do something that would have lasted years when I didn't even like it. I didn't want to be in any one spot for years, unless I really believed in it, and I really believe in 'Being Human.'

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

It should be if you're a good singer and a good songwriter, you should have your spot. You get everybody trying to release the prettiest guy, but that doesn't mean they're the best artist. Most of the time the true artists are just normal old dudes.

Character is not created on the spot.

I'm true to myself, but I always have a soft spot for my husband no matter how nefarious I am.

People can spot a phony and I think young people can spot a phony.

You don't want to put somebody in a bad spot because you'll put everybody in a bad spot.

I'm aware that what I say is going to reach a lot of people so I'm always very careful. But I'm human and I screw up - I'm not very good at saying things on the spot - so I'll say something and go, 'aw, man, I should have worded that better than I actually did.'

A lot of kids my age can make a lot of mistakes, but college athletes that are in the spotlight, you have to grow up so much faster than regular students or regular kids your age because you are a public figure, so you get one shot, sometimes two.

Being in the public eye and basically growing up in the spotlight, we are always responsible for our actions.

The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.

I've really gotten to play a lot of different things, starting with 'Southpaw.' For 'Spotlight,' I got to play this amazing journalist, Sacha Pfeiffer, who worked at the 'Boston Globe' when they broke the story about the sex scandal in the Catholic Church.