Quotes About Sportsmanship

If I had a choice, I'd rather not fight someone from Brazil, but as a professional, I couldn't say no.

Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football.

I always think we have to be cautious with our attitude to refereeing the professionals and the people in the football family.

The previous year it had taken England all their time to beat the full German team in an international and I had taken with me the programme from that match.

Jimmy Anderson deserves everything he gets, and even though he is an Englishman I will be delighted for him when he goes past my record and becomes the most prolific fast bowler in Test history.

You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.

If you ask my promoters and managers, they will say I've never knocked back an opponent in my life.

Any time you experience adversity, whether you lose a game or maybe have an official who makes a poor call that costs you the game, you've gotta handle yourself properly. Just like in life, not everything will go your way.

It doesn't change the way I am, but I do totally understand how you're looked at as a footballer, especially by children. I don't claim I can shape their lives, but there's no harm in having good manners and being seen to play the game properly.

I knew the Big Ten was one of the best conferences in the country. Every night you're up against pros. It's just so competitive. You can get beat by any team. That's really what I like about the Big Ten.

I don't know where the loyalty lies in baseball. You really don't have to protect each other much, unless there's like a bench-clearing brawl. In hockey, it's important that they look out for each other.

I have been massively proud to have played for and, indeed, captain my country on the cricket field.

Baltimore has proven themselves on the football field. We can't take that away.

I can get runs much faster if I stay there in the middle to give bowlers more time and cushion.

I don't have anything against United. Playing them won't make me run any faster or try any harder.

My favorite part about playing basketball is a chance to play with other people, be in that team atmosphere and have a chance to compete and win every day.

In every match, there are difficult decisions; sometimes they go in your favour and sometimes against. You need to be able to accept them.

In a match between Barca and Madrid, there are no favourites. It does not matter how they have been faring.

I don't feed off of the boos, I don't feed off anything like that... No one likes to get booed, no one likes to get cussed out, no one likes to get yelled at by 20,000 fans when you go places.

There will always be rivalry on the field. Off the field, we are friends, but on it, we have to do our job.

We seem to have some quite good 'FIFA 17' players at Chelsea.

It's the best fifth place I've ever had.

I'm not a dirty fighter. Everybody knows that.

I'm a very respectful fighter, I don't get out of character and start talking crazy, but if you don't want to fight a fighter, or you don't think it's a good style, or it's just not time, then say that.