Quotes About Sportsmanship

The calls aren't always going to go your way, and you can't complain about it. I tried to learn that as a young player, and you just got to play through it.

Of course you don't want to concede a goal in any game.

But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.

Once Cristiano beats my record, I will personally congratulate him.

In Brazil, we have the culture to try to conquer the refs.

I love playing basketball more than I love getting fined and getting suspended.

I have crossed Suarez on the field and it was a pleasure. He is a great forward and that always means a challenge. I would like to swap my shirt with him.

There was a rule for the under-13s at Middlesbrough that you were never allowed to swear. If you did, the manager had to take you off as punishment. But I couldn't stop myself. I'd just get frustrated, I guess.

It's hard to close people out, regardless whether you're sweeping them or ending the series, period. It's hard.

I grew up as a swimmer. And my brother was a football player and I played football.

We want to swing the ball as much as we can. We try and get it to reverse, putting more sweat on one side and things like that. But we don't cheat.

When I see three balls, I just swing at the middle one.

As a ballplayer, there is no Christian way to swing a bat. There is no Christian way to swing or throw.

I love watching Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav steam in. They both are sharp, possess good pace, and swing the ball - making them lethal.

The American boy starts swinging the bat about as soon as he can lift one.

When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.

One of the great things about cricket, and certainly something that I found helpful, was that as soon as you step over the boundary rope you can switch off everything that is happening off the field and focus solely on what is happening out on the pitch.

I spent my time chasing rucks and never managing to hit any, so I quickly switched out to the backs.

I can't stand these guys who go into a game and can't wait to shake hands when the game is over, you know, nice game, all that.... For me, back in those days, when we lost, we got out of there. We're not congratulating them, we're figuring out, if we play them again, what are we gonna do to beat the hell out of them.

I think it's very difficult for one man to beat you. Chamberlain once popped off, he says, "Give me five guys named Joe and I'll beat anybody around here." And they got him five guys on a playground and beat the hell out of him. It's not a one man game.

You're such a cheater. The best wood in your golf bag is your pencil!

tennis courts.

The attitude of wanting to win-doing everything in your power except cheating to win.

I don't think you can really expect to win a hockey game giving up three power-play goals. In reality, you cant give up those and that's the difference in the hockey game.