Quotes About Sportsmanship

It's good to know you have a pass-first point guard who will make the right plays.

A person who can go out and get 40 is going to get a lot more respect than somebody who goes out and holds somebody to two points. It's just the nature of the game. It doesn't bother me.

It just wasn't right the way they were behind by 25 points and then they're told to hold the ball.

I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me.

Nadal is one of the great champions - a class act.

I have played some good matches against Rafa on clay.

It is a cliche to say that you need to take 20 wickets to win a Test and it is the bowlers who get you the 20 wickets.

I would never speak about players at other football clubs - I think it's wrong. It's not my style.

Football is a collective sport.

What I don't like too much really is individual comments about the performances of the players after the game.

I can't say I ever got to the stage of swapping phone numbers with refs, but I don't have a problem with managers and referees communicating.

What made my matches against Borg and Connors interesting was, comparing it to boxing, it was like a puncher and a counter-puncher.

I've been on the end of losing a fight, and there's a piece of my heart that has compassion towards that because I know how it feels.

I try to play like Kohli and compete with him.

We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team.

I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.

We definitely don't want to get in others' way while we're competing.

I'm always a team guy, and I love competing, no matter what.

I certainly could be wrong, but I don't believe God decides athletic competitions.

It's a very competitive world out there. The competitive spirit is fine within limits. But it shouldn't drown the sheer joy of the game being played. It's natural to want to win. But to me, it's not natural to want others to fail.

The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.

It was tough for me not to play, but it was cool. But it was tough because I'm a competitor, and I like to be out there with my guys. That's all it's about for me.

Once I get on the court - I've been on the court with my own brother before and tried to rip his head off, so that shows the kind of competitor I am.

If you are a great guy with your competitors, with your colleagues, it is always good, even on the race track and off it.