Quotes About Sportsmanship

Respect yourself, your Opponent and the Game

I don't like to trash talk... I don't know how to do that, it's not me. In the martial arts world that I was brought up it was all about respect.

People will respect what wrestling has to offer to this world. It will take educating themselves on more than just guys in there swinging for the fences.

I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.

I get as much fun as the next man from whaling the ball as hard as I can and catching it squarely on the button. But from sad experience I learned not to try this in a round that meant anything.

I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.

I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.

Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.

Accept a loss as a learning experience, and never point fingers at your teammates

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

The count said in careful English, "That was perhaps not, as you English say, very sporting." "Games are played to win," Cameron said. "And we're Scottish.

It's not fair," Davis protested. "After Nick wins, you'll just say conditions were different when Hayden came down, and that's what made her slower.Like,it started snowing." "Or it stopped snowing," Gavin said. "Or the wind was harder," Davis said. "Or the wind was softer ," Gavin said. "Girls will whine about anything.

When you attend the games, do not get emotionally invested in the rivalry. Wish only that the best team or athlete wins. Avoid the extremes of elation at a win and devastation at a loss.

He doesn't know the value of letting the other guy lose.

You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they're on to something else. There's just not a great love of the sport there.

Certain Stanley Cup traditions remain intact, including the handshake line between players who had been belting one another for a couple of weeks.

They call it the rope-a-dope. Well, I'm the dope. Ali just laid on the rope and I, like a dope, kept punching until I got tired. But he was probably the most smart fighter I've ever gotten into the ring with.

If we lose and someone is better than us then we accept it. Handshake after the game and well done and focus on the next game. But if we lose and don't play the style of football we want to play then we know it's our fault and we can do it better.

Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.

I pray for everybody throughout the game, even my opponents. Outside of the game, we still have to live life, still have to lead normal lives, and we still need our bodies.

I always pray for my opponent to have safe care and make it to the fight healthy.

The Premier League is a different kind of league, in terms of physical play.

My first Premier League goal against Palace, I caught it on the bounce and reversed it across the 'keeper.

In the Premier League, they don't give a foul even when it is a foul. We can't dive or pretend things.