Quotes About Sportsmanship

I don't think it's correct to blame the captain. He at least tries to keep all together so that the team plays well, plays positive cricket, and wins the match for the country, and not think about only winning and earning a name for himself.

As a drag flicker, I have always strived that my team wins and comes on top.

The biggest players I've seen are the ones that take the wins well - don't get carried away with them - but the defeats really hurt.

Andre Ward beat me fair and square on points in a boring fight, a dull affair. Same as when he beat Kessler. Headbutted him to bits, but he knows how to win. He wins ugly, but he knows how to win.

Football is not a game about numbers. It's about wins and trying to go out and play better than the other team.

When we went home every winter, they warned us not to lift heavy weights because they didn't want us to lose flexibility. They wanted us to be baseball players, not only home run hitters.

I'd always have grease in at least two places, in case the umpires would ask me to wipe one off. I never wanted to be caught out there with anything though, it wouldn't be professional.

I can't go on the court crying because then it's a big advantage for my opponent, so I have to wipe my tears, have a good warm-up, feel the ball and then start grooving in the game.

You have to respect the wishes of the player.

The way I've always seen it is, I don't want him to do bad. I want him to do good. But when I'm competing with somebody, I want my best to be better than his. That's just how I've been. I'm not wishing bad for anybody.

I've made two finals, and I'm up against guys who have won over 30 grand slams between them. But it's been great for the sport. You have to figure it out. Wishing for something else is futile.

I think my biggest trait is to play extremely hard within the rules of the game.

I was witness to a beautiful relationship between cricketer Anil Kumble and a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy. Moved, I wrote 'Spin' - a small film about a cricketer and a spastic boy. But I couldn't find backing.

I like playing Italian teams. To me, they are the fairest sportsmen of them all. I don't agree with the Italy stereotypes - I trust in what I have experienced and witnessed.

Alvarez is the biggest name in boxing. I'm looking forward to pitting my wits against one of the best in the sport.

Baseball is a team sport played by individuals for themselves.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

They say, 'Don't celebrate against your old team,' but I couldn't hold it in.

People are lying when they say that their record being broken is good for the development of the event. I would like mine to remain as long as possible, please.

Sometimes I feel like hitting somebody. You look at the refs and they say, 'We'll take care of it.' I think, 'Yeah? You won't take care of it the way I'd like to take care of it.'

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.

Things happen on the field. It has happened between me and other players, but we always left it out there.

Things happen on football pitches. Once the game is finished, you don't need to talk afterwards. That's just how it is.

When you fall down or slip in a situation, and somebody scores a goal, it's normal. These things happen. It happens to me; it happens to other players, I don't care about these things.