Quotes About Sportsmanship

This is Test cricket. Being positive is not far away from being reckless. For all that the sport has become more fast-flowing and entertaining, you still need batsmen whose first instinct is to be patient.

Knowing that the teams in front of us are sometimes better than you, you have to recognise that and be humble. It's part of the game.

When I was fighting, I would look to excite the crowds with a bolo punch or something taunting. Looking back, they were legal - but not sportsmanlike. I don't recommend another boxer try them. But we looked more to make the robot fights dramatic first and realistic second.

I have heard what has been said, but most of the time, I recover the ball without making a foul.

There are no team orders within Red Bull Racing, other than that the drivers should race each other with respect.

I play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that.

You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn't expect every decision from the referee.

It annoys me when people who don't know what they're talking about boo the referee.

It is always hard when the referee is against you.

There's nothing better than a good, blind referee.

We must respect the referee every time.

You can't applaud a referee.

I get told off by my mum for being a bit rough on the pitch. I'm in the referee's ear a lot - referees probably hate me - but it's just part of my game. My mum tells me off for that as well; speaking to refs too much.

Most of the time I don't go down when they kick me. I try to stay up, so the referee knows that if I go down it's because they kick me badly.

So, a flop is basically tricking the referee into thinking somebody fouled you or maybe elbowed you in the face.

If you ask any referee before the game - they ask me if I have anything to say, I tell them 'I'm going straight up.' Every time. Every game. And they know that and they say I'm one of the best at it.

You can't put your arm around the referee! That's ungentlemanly conduct.

We have to be careful with time-wasting, the behaviour of the players. There are a lot now who are complaining during the game. We have to think about only the captain able to talk to the referee, not everybody, because we're losing a lot of time.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

I give myself 24 hours after a loss. After that, I'm totally on to the next game. But for 24 hours, I'm not a happy man.

No one's saying anything against healthy, fair hardness. That's a part of football. But referees must look more closely and make sure limits are not exceeded.

Harry Kane is one of the best strikers in the world.

Canelo has done a great job of being a champion so I have to take my hat off to Canelo. GGG has done so, as well.