Quotes About Sportsmanship

Boxing is like any other sport, like football, basketball, whatever, where there's a strategy you stick to in order to win.

I don't begrudge a coach for trying to get all that he or she can. I don't resent a school feeling it needs to pay to keep top talent. I'm just afraid to think where all of this will end up because the overall impact seems to be stretching far beyond the scoreboard.

So who or what is to blame for baseball games that go on forever? Two oft-cited culprits are constant replay calls and batters who leave the box in between every pitch to adjust their gloves and helmet and shin guards and elbow pads and then knock the dirt off their cleats before working up their stride for the next at-bat.

We were brothers off the field, but there was no love lost on it. We fought like cats and dogs. Wes was always trying to strike me out, and meantime, I was always trying to hit a home run off him.

Obviously, when I go in at No. 11 it stands to reason that we will have a better chance of scoring runs or batting out time if the batsman at the other end takes most of the strike. That's because, as my place in the order suggests, he is a better batsman than me.

Strong characters are needed in the game.

Athletes at all ages are bigger and stronger than ever before. And they are being encouraged - sometimes even incentivized, as we recently learned was the case on at least one National Football League team - to play to injure.

I'm a lock-up defender and I believe strongly in my defense, so I don't need to take cheap shots at guys to get an edge.

I always say when the opponent was better.

I just play hard-hitting football, but at least I look the opponent in the face before I hit him.

I sometimes lose my calm for a moment, but only when I notice that an opponent is deliberately trying to injure me.

I don't want my fans to shout any insults at my opponent.

It's always important to respect your opponent.

I would never discredit the sport or my opponent by reading my injury list before or after the fight. I've always thought it's a very underhanded thing to do, and it's a very cowardly thing to do, to come out and say, 'I'm hurt,' particularly if you win a fight.

If the opponent makes a foul close to their own goal, it's a chance for us. I take it like this.

Football is beautiful. Football is beautiful because whether you win, draw, or lose, you can go and shake your opponent's hand, whether they're white or black or red or blue.

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.

I'm trying to keep the face of my opponent more or less not damaged but eventually to execute the plan and knock him out.

I do like match play. I like trying to match an opponent shot for shot. It's a challenge. And it's something different.

I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.

Pay respect to your opponent.

You have to respect your opponent.

I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent.

We have to try to do our best in every game with great ambition, because we must always have the right ambition. But at the same time, sometimes you have to compliment your opponent. You must be honest and accept the result.