Quotes About Sportsmanship

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

When I played pro football, I never set out to hurt anyone deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something.

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about.

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

I had to remind Gary Kristen often that he was in the covers to field against Sachin not to applaud him

If Kyle Korver blocks your shot there should be a penalty box you should go to!

Somebody's gotta win and somebody's gotta lose and I believe in letting the other guy lose.

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching.

Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.

What counts in sports is not the victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

There's nothing wrong with the Little League World Series that locking out the adults couldn't cure.

Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose.

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.

My workout was running down fly balls, stealing a base, or running for my life on the football field.