Quotes About Sportsmanship

Maldini was a key figure in world football. I have always had great admiration for him as a player and as a human being. I faced him in many derbies - he was tough but always very loyal.

Good sports facilities are a blessing.

I was scared of facing only one bowler - that was Muttiah Muralitharan.

I'm definitely interested in facing Linares.

The success or failing in one competition doesn't define you, and that is one thing that any sports would teach you.

There has been the negative impact of spot-fixing and match-fixing, but it is the individual player's responsibility to look after that because if a player wants to do that, it is difficult to stop him. It is the individual player's responsibility to play fairly.

Records are meant to be broken and they should be broken, but fairly.

Name one experienced coach anywhere in the world that would hand over their playbook to the other team. Unless it's a fake playbook, it just doesn't happen.

Manny Pacquiao always makes a fake move that I know too well. He fakes a charge forward and then looks like he is going to follow with a one-two. That's a common fake he has.

When you hit a player in the head, you're more apt to get some fisticuffs or, you know, bring both teams out on the field, but it was more accepted that - in the '50s, '60s and '70s. I think nowadays it's a little over-policed because I will always believe that knocking a hitter down, even hitting a hitter at, sometimes, is part of baseball.

I believe all teams choke in certain situations.

I prefer to play against the best players and the best teams and the best coaches. Never personal.

I've been around some really good guys from different teams.

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.

I don't think teams play this game to hurt other guys. I don't think that's the story. We don't play this game to hurt one another.

I don't want anyone to get injured. It's a competition: you want to play against the best teams and the best players.

I like to let my football do the talking, I'm respectful of other good teams such as Arsenal.

I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else.

I have been a part of the teams which had the original great man - Sachin Tendulkar. I remember in 2007-08 tour of Australia, Sachin paaji would get all the attention from the locals.

To me, it doesn't matter who's out there: NBA basketball is great - if teams are putting out their best players and they're competing to win.

It's really impressive when you've got two teams that are really battling it out, low-scoring game, a pitcher's duel. To me, that's so fun to watch.

The bad teams in our league are the ones who don't pass the ball well.

The day it becomes impossible for teams like Palace to get results against City, the league might as well just fold up, and we'll do everything on paper.

When you play against Barcelona and other great teams in the world, you can lose. It happens.