Quotes About Sportsmanship

Stated to a running back after an overly exuberant display of celebration: Next time you make a touchdown act like you've been there before.

Be fair. Play hard.

The guys who play it [soccer] are kinda dumb. Why don't they just kick the crap out of the guy in front of the net? Then they could score all they want.

In Gym, the kids on my team learned not to pass me the ball and to step quickly in front of me if the other team tried to take advantage of my weakness. I happily stayed out of their way.

I'm not playing with my brother-in-law today. Would you play with a man who improves his lie and cheats on his score? Well neither would he!

Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.

I'm not a big sports fan.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

That was Pele's strength - holding people off with his arm.

I want to stress again one aspect of the game which is most important. Never argue with an umpire.

The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.

Success isn't determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose.

High school sports: where lessons of life are still being learned, and where athletes still compete for the love of the game and their teammates.

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players' minds the next time out.

The best thing about sports is the sense of community and shared emotion it can create.

Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.

I love the success of my teammates more than my individual achievements. I've just always cared more about that since I started playing.

I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.

Any guy who can maintain a positive attitude without much playing time certainly earns my respect.

I've always tried to do my best on the ball field. I can't do any more than that. I always give one hundred percent; and if my team loses, I come back and give one hundred percent the next day.

To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport

You need teamwork to achieve real success, and that attitude comes straight from soccer.

Is there anything you do badly?" "Lose." She gave her sweetest smile. "I swear I'm the worst loser in the world.

And that's when manager Eddie Sawyer called for Roberts to pitch relief and the Dodgers' manager Charlie Dressen called in Don Newcombe to match up. Talk about a different time: Roberts and Newcombe had pitched the day before. They were on zero days rest