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Quotes About Sportsmanship

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.
~ Richard M. Nixon
recuento oficial reza que durante los Juegos de Los Ángeles hubo once positivos. De acuerdo con Catlin, el número real era de veinte.
~ Richard Moore
Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall.
~ Richard Petty
Every basketball wimp needs a lesson, and you seem to think you're somewhere above your true station in life.
~ Richard Phillips
About winning and losing: It isn't important, what really counts is how you play the game. About playing the game: PLAY TO WIN!
~ Robert Fulghum
Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.
~ Tommy Hilfiger
I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with great respect.
~ Fedor Emelianenko
You don't play for revenge, you play for respect & pride
~ Rahul Dravid
It does not make a goalkeeper look good and, after it, I did not want to celebrate out of respect for him.
~ Asmir Begovic
It's a game of integrity. There's no referees out there. We all respect each other.
~ Jordan Spieth
Please, compete in the spirit of fair play, mutual understanding and respect. And above all, please compete cleanly by refusing doping.
~ Jacques Rogge
I try to respect everybody out here: players, caddies, fans, media.
~ Phil Mickelson
...you could be the best team or the best player in different generations and people respect each other. Nobody cares who was the best.
~ Jim Brown
What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.
~ Rafael Nadal
The nicer the point, the more -- the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.
~ Roger Federer
Respect your opponent, just make them respect you more.
~ Georges St-Pierre
You train, you fight, you show respect at the end of it.
~ Daniel Cormier
No amount of money could make me play for Liverpool, that isn't disrespect to Liverpool or their fans, it's respect for Everton
~ Tim Cahill
The best way to show respect to your fellow athletes is to give the best performance you can.
~ Cheng Fei
Cheating is cheating. Some coaches believe if you can get away with it, cheating is smart. I have no respect for those guys.
~ Steve Spurrier
If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself?
~ Georges St-Pierre
Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.
~ Jack Nicklaus
Extremely large greens breed slovenly play. When any green ceases to command respect, it loses its value as a test of that rarest of all strokes, the shot home.
~ A. W. Tillinghast
I have so much respect for my opponents; many of them watched the races as little children and were supporting me!
~ Valentino Rossi