Quotes About Sportsmanship

Folks who blithely disregard the benefits of football likely haven't played or are being intellectually dishonest. The game, perhaps more than any other, requires absolute dedication and teamwork. Yes, I ultimately quit, and if I ever have a son, he won't play, but I'll always cherish the lessons I learned from football.

To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.

OK, my funniest tech I ever got in the NBA was for looking at a ref.

You can see a lot of technical fouls, ejections but at the same time, it's a man's sport.

When I bowled to batters like Michael Vaughan or Jacques Kallis who were classical, technically perfect, sound batters, I always found that I could get them out.

Arsenal-Chelsea games can go either way. They are always competitive and physical and really good games technically.

There are lots of brilliant free kick specialists in the world. But the technique of Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham fascinates me most of all.

Since I was little, I've watched Roger play on TV. To me, he plays almost perfect tennis. His technique is perfect. I also like him at the human level; he's a very good person on and off the court.

I'm telling you, I don't like cheaters.

On an odd occasion, you'll still find me shouting at referees when I've become increasingly frustrated, but I've tried to control my temper.

We know South Americans are impulsive and temperamental and cannot lose.

Often in Spain you're winning 2-0, there are 15 minutes left, and it's as good as over. You control it, and the tempo drops. In England, that doesn't happen. They put another striker on, long balls into the area, free-kicks, corners. They push you back.

Maybe it all went back to the days when games were decided, not by the best score in nine innings, but by the first team to score twenty-one runs

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

When you have fans who are hassling you the entire game and you ignore them, they respect you because their job is to try and distract you. And if they don't distract you, that means you're focused on doing your job. And who knows, by the end, sometimes you even win them over.

It's the best five players that win the game, not the five best players.

it's unsportsmanlike to engage in a battle of wits with anyone who is obviously unarmed.

Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.

Thats the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry

Wrestlers Compete as Individuals, Yet the Sport Builds Comradery Like No Other.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

I'm a boxer who believes that the object of the sport is to hit and not get hit.

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city.