Quotes About Sportsmanship

Johnny Grubb slides into second with a standup double.

McCovey swings and misses, and its fouled back

Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything.

There's a high pop-up behind second. Richardson has got it and he's under it.

My big takeaway was that you lace up your skates, you put on your helmet and you get on the ice knowing all the rules. If you get blindsided, that's just part of it; if your teammate doesn't pass to you and takes the shot himself, that's the game, and if you lose 4–0, that's the game too. You just go out there and do your best with what you've got.

A wet spot on the floor kind of put a scare in myself, so you never know inside those lines what might happen.

I don't want it to be comfortable for players to step in, stroll about and walk away with three points. But there won't be any old-school flat balls, cold tea or wet floors.

The first time I carried drinks was during the 2004 Champions Trophy. It was a wet outfield and I was running with the drinks and I couldn't stop myself and just went sliding into Sourav Ganguly, who was giving a team chat in the huddle.

Who would people rather see, a real hitter hitting home runs or a pitcher swinging a wet newspaper?

Far too often English players seem determined to keep running after getting a whack on the leg, even though the chance to get a shot in has gone.

I don't like to lose, no matter what I am playing. Football, tennis, head tennis, no matter what. If I am playing something, I am playing to win.

The Tour de France is a different kettle of fish to what I do, but it doesn't matter what you do - if you're on two wheels you do the best you can and do it clean.

I've done it before, and I might do it whenever we need to as a big guy... I'll take it. A hard foul is part of the game, which is good.

Whenever I lose, I focus on the ability of my opponent and on the mistakes I made.

I believe the friendship of the Games still exists. There is a tremendous camaraderie and atmosphere at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games - where else could you go and sit down and have breakfast with a Russian weightlifter, an East German sprinter, and an Indian fencer and talk about different cultures and problems?

If I lose the ball, I want to get on it as quickly as possible and make up for it, whereas before, I would hide away and maybe only look for the ball 10 minutes later. I don't want to give the defenders any break.

When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.

I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation.

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.

After the whistle, during the whistle. Guys try to sneak stuff in. I just have to be uncompliant with stuff like that. Guys feel they can get away with stuff. I have to just try to not get back at him but make sure I finish through him during the whistle and not do anything that can jeopardize the team or that series of downs.

In England, the referee doesn't blow his whistle.

It's always interesting to be playing against some of my best friends and some of my longtime teammates. You get to see them before the game and after the game and it's always nice to catch up but when the whistle blows it's sort of all business on the field.

The consistency of the game calls, I've been on both sides of it. I've been where the whistle has been in favor of you.

I do not like to discuss a game with the other players right after the final whistle.