Quotes About Sportsmanship

Why complain to the NBA and to the officials all the time, just like Tyrone Hill, always complaining about me on the court?

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.

Sometimes officials should look at English football and let us play more. I like their system because, in Europe, their referees are more lenient.

When I first came in the league, there were only two officials. So you could really get away with a lot.

I used to be a mean guy once I got in the league - to officials. And then I've gotten a little nicer. It has helped.

It's not really part of the game to say, 'Oh, it's a batter's game; it's a batter's game' - I don't know why it goes on. It's a beautiful game that's greatly competitive between bat and ball.

Your obligation as a base runner is to try and be safe within the rules. OK?

As long as I get a medal, I'm okay with sharing it.

I shake everybody's hand before the game, but Oklahoma City, they don't shake hands. Only some of them, but I don't think they really shake hands before the game.

I think we should follow the Olympic charter and the guidelines as the whole world is following it.

The best of the best are in the Olympics, all of the athletes work hard to get there.

I respect the game, on and off the field.

I was never, ever once angry in the ring.

I'm not the kind of fighter who just hates each other before the fight. I can talk to you until one minute before the fight, and then I will take your head off if I can.

I never had any alcohol on the golf course that I remember, except for one time, and that was the L.A. Open.

There's no such thing as holding back. I want to finish as soon as possible. The only time I did it was because he was a friend of mine. It was against Thales Leites. We went until the last round because he's a friend of mine, and I respect him.

The only time I won't be playing is when I've got a hangover.

When I go onto the field, I will always give 100% for my team, irrespective of who we are playing against.

I've opened throughout most of my career at Worcester. I understand there are guys in the team who have opened for a long time, more than me, with better records than me.

To find a man's true character, play golf with him.

Losing well was a gift, but winning well is this stuff of the authentic manhood.

When prejudice between team members is present within the team, it's as though a hockey team voluntarily decided to place one or two of their members in the penalty box, and attempted to compete effectively against the opposing team with fewer players.

In which year did a Harvard sculler last outrow an Oxford man at Henley? Langdon had no idea, but he could imagine only one reason the question had been asked. Surely such a travesty has never occurred.