Quotes About Sportsmanship

To maintain a positive attitude, a smart player lets missed shots and court errors go by the wayside.

The key, Deschamps said, is to maintain self-control and to know when it's okay to foul and when you are "too far up the referee's nose" to get away with it. "It's something you feel. It's a feeling. It's a form of intelligence.

Sachin Tendulkar is, in my time, the best player without doubt

A guy as great as Brett Favre has been for the length of time he's been, you would hope that he would be able to leave the game with a positive flavor in his mouth.

I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.

I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.

We cut him off and there was nowhere for him to go but out of bounds ... It's still the greatest move I've ever seen in basketball, the all-time greatest.

You gotta be a good sport! So when I would lose, I would say, "That guy was better than I was; what do I have to do to be better next time?"

He just got his neck broke one time, I'm not tryna break his neck again, that's not what I fight for. I fight to have fun, not to hurt nobody.

The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood.

If a football official were to call for a slow-motion replay every time Didier Drogba fell over, each match would last about six weeks.

I always say, the only time you gotta worry about getting booed is when you're wearing a white uniform. And I've never been booed wearing a white uniform.

When it's over, it's over is part of football's greatest appeal to me. When a game ends, win or lose, it's time to prepare for the next one.

I can't remember the last time I went to a game and there was a fight. I think they fight more in baseball now than they do in hockey.

Because, he said in an even voice, you're used to winning, so you don't even think about how, every time there's a game, both sides get that 'rah, rah, team' speech from their coaches both sides hear 'you're the best!' 'You've got to win!' 'You're the greatest!' But half of the people playing that game are going to walk away losers. Half!

It's not whether you win or lose. It's how you play the game.

Jason was still on the blue eye, grabbing at the nylon belt that held up his hockey pants. Great. Two guys around us and swooping down on our goalie, and Jason is still undressing.

Jason rammed his pants down to his ankles. I couldn't believe it. We were down 1-0 less than 10 seconds into the game. In the same time, my partner was down to his red long johns and his hockey socks.

We were down three goals by the end of the first period, something Coach Blair did not find amusing. "Three to nothing!" he shouted as we filed into the dressing room at the end of the period. "Three to nothing! This game is worth four points and all of you are skating like ballerinas out there!

Win without boasting, lose without excuses - internalize your failures and externalize your victories.

The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood.

I'm a willing passer. And I rebound.

Ask a receiver, can we take his gloves off because he's catching the ball too well? Nobody is going to be overly happy about that.

I have enjoyed playing in England, and have enjoyed the reception I've got from the people here.