Quotes About Sportsmanship

Good sportsmanship means treating others with respect. I consider myself a pretty good sport.

Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football.

It was not a friendly game, and Jerry certainly did not have friendliness in his eyes. He had an extra mean streak that day. He was out of control and probably should have been ejected.

Win any way as long as you can get away with it. Nice guys finish last.

I think the idea of the obstruction through the neutral zone and away from the puck was an excellent rule.

Don't praise your own good shots. Leave that function to your partner who, if a good sport, will not be slow in performing it.

Win or lose, do it fairly.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager, and never, ever your uniform.

You know, there's a rule in sports, "Don't do anything great if you can't handle the congratulations."

It's great to win, but it's also great fun just to be in the thick of any truly well and hard fought contest against opponents you respect, whatever the outcome.

Golf is the only sport that a professional can enjoy playing with his friends.

Is it [hunting] really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn't know a game is going on?

Once I'm at the arena with the guys in the dressing room, and in the bus, and on the plane, I'm a player. And I sit in the back with the players and I play cards and try to take their money.

If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen

Minor sports in the community is fun and recreation for everyone, not just the elite. I think back to my days in minor hockey and those are my fondest memories, having fun.

One of the Arsenal players came up to me afterwards and said it had been an honor to be on the same pitch as me. I thought, My God, that is a great thing to say when your team has just lost.

I myself am frustrated in just where sports are at. It's a hard thing when you're out there working every day, and you know that someone else is cheating and they may not necessarily get caught.

The greatest gap in sports is between the winner and the loser of the Super Bowl. The winner has confetti, parades, rings, the whole thing. The loser puts his head down and goes to his house.

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

When asked about which team is the toughest team in the league, responded with an answer that all volleyball players must comprehend. He said simply that it was, 'The team you are playing.'

Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.