Quotes About Sportsmanship

Any pitcher who might throw at me should know I'm not giving up my day job or trying to get anyone else's job. I just can't think of anything cooler than being one of the boys of summer!

I don't ever throw clubs intentionally.

Rick Barry always amazed me - he was one of the best free-throw shooters of all time, and he used to throw it underhand.

When I throw a curve that hangs and it goes for a hit, I want to chew up my glove.

I remember going to see my dad pitch against other coal-mining teams, and he was successful with the knuckleball. I saw how bad guys would look like swinging, and how guys talked about how he could throw every day and didn't hurt his arm. That's how I grew up learning.

I've always said throwing a club shows you care.

I bet on the game of baseball and I bet on my team, even the mistakes I made, I have to take a different look at someone betting against their own team... that's throwing the game.

I don't think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at each other.

It must be nice for today's hitters when you don't have to worry about being thrown at. It's a whole different deal. When I played, getting knocked down was an accepted part of the game.

I have thrown chairs, but only during football matches. Generally, I am well-behaved. I do not like to make people angry.

There is no question that in the '50s and '60s, black players got thrown at more. That's not a negative comment. It may come out that way, but that's the way it was. Hitting another player was part of the game; hitting a player in the head is not.

I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to.

I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.

Everyone has a temper, but in Sweden, no one throws a racquet or screams. We show more manners and common sense. This is a game, not war.

If you hit me, I'm gonna try to shoot the ball and get two free throws.

I saw a hockey game where they threw the puck aside and just started fighting. I saw that, and I'm like, 'So I'm the thug?'

At the end of the day, we're professional prizefighters - stop acting like street thugs. We're not going to fight in the streets.

A lot of times we're being portrayed as thugs, but anyone who really knows us understand that we work hard, we diet hard, the commitment is full on. But alot of people don't see that. Some of the nicest and most respectful people I've ever met are in this sport. I truly believe that, and there's a lot of fighters that live by that.

I respect my competitors, you know, I get respect back from them. I respect people out there who pay for their tickets to come watch us compete. And I respect the reporters because they've got to come out here and tell a good story. That's what it is. It's just a cycle of respect.

To me, going for a tie means kicking the extra point for a tie instead of going for a two-point conversion to win.

My best India v. Pakistan moment is from our first match in the ICC World T20 2007, which was a tie.

It's pretty obvious when Tiger makes a birdie. I think everybody at the golf course cheers for him.

When Princeton plays Harvard, I'm rooting for Princeton, of course. Go Tigers!

Never ever get mad at yourself if you miss a ball, lose a point, or double fault.