Quotes About Sportsmanship

I like fighting clean. I've always fought clean, and I want to fight clean people. I want to fight fair.

I fought on the undercard of a show headlined by Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather Jr. There was almost no one in the arena then. But when Hatton and Mayweather came out, every seat was filled. There had to be 16,000 or 17,000 people in there. The place was going crazy.

I have fought fighters in the past who I don't like as people, but you have to block out any type of dislike or hate. Whatever he's done, whatever he's said, you can't be thinking about that. You just have to see him as a man that you have to outpoint, outgame, and beat on the night.

I have never fought in my life but I can be very angry, especially on the pitch.

I've fought a couple different places in the world. I love America, I'm American, but I have to say that American fans are the worst. I have to say it. They can get mad at me. I said it, and it's something they can work on.

Well, I tried to play defense. But when they did call a foul on Shaq, I tried to make sure they called a foul.

If someone makes contact with you, it is a foul, and you are going to go down.

In this day and age, in modern goalkeeping, if you come out and you catch the ball and you get smacked, you're going to get the foul.

I don't think I had one personal foul in my career. Now, that being said, no one can ever say I never brought it.

This game is about engagement and respect, whether you're playing in the Champions League or in the fourth division.

In all my time in England, I have never come up against a fragile Man United team.

Frankly speaking, the pleasure and satisfaction you get after performing against India you don't get against any team, and if you ask the Indian players, they would have similar sentiments.

When I see people like Pietersen bat, I wish that I'd freed up a bit as a batsman, but it's very easy to say now.

I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.

I don't like friendly matches.

It's not always friendly outside the ropes at the Ryder Cup.

Sergio and I have played a lot of golf together since we were 14 years old. We have a great friendship and a good rivalry.

You see more friendships in the league. It's not like in the '80s when you had enemies, or you couldn't stand this guy, and there were fights all the time.

I admit to becoming frustrated by the frequency of diving in the Champions League.

At the end of the day, nobody drops a catch on purpose, and even the fielder gets frustrated. As a bowler, when a few catches are dropped, yeah, that is frustrating. But I think, ultimately, it's part of the game.

Look, girls. It is important to all of us that we win this game, right? Well, when it comes to athletics, boys are simply better suited than girls. It's a fact of nature that no one can change. I'm sorry, but maybe you can play next time when it's less crucial.

I'm open to fighting anyone, whether it's Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder.

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.