Quotes About Sportsmanship

There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against - Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

There are lots of mentally very tough players that I have played against and with.

We like to play good, hard, tough, aggressive cricket when we're out in the field.

I feel hockey is a tough game.

I mean, don't get me wrong, being ref is a very tough job - managing 10 of the best athletes in the world. At the same time, I think there is way too much ego from their standpoint.

I have played against many players, but I will always consider Lee Chong Wei as my toughest competitor.

The toughest defenders I've faced are Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini, Ivan Cordoba, Ciro Ferrara and Walter Samuel.

I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.

Meldrick Taylor deserves the rematch. He gave me the toughest fight of my career.

The knockout games of a major tournament are when you see players' true characters.

When Frank Broyles coached at Arkansas, he used to have a golf tournament each year for all the Southwest Conference coaches.

I am a professional squash player, and I recently played badly - but as well as I could - in a professional squash tournament. A professional squash player might sound like someone who is in a food-tasting group, but it is a racquet sport.

The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants.

Going into a tournament with 100 per cent belief you will win it - that's how I've always enjoyed snooker.

You can play happy-go-lucky football against Brazil in a friendly but not in a tournament.

Outside boxing, I did well in cross country competitions and I won a schoolboys' doubles badminton tournament at once. I was pleased because it was a hobby to me.

The Latin teams have this idea that they can't beat a good team in the same tournament twice.

I can help promote the sport best by competing better, rather than playing poorly and losing out in the tournament early.

I prefer playing ATP tournaments and Davis Cup competition rather than Olympic Games.

There doesn't need to be hatred after a fight, because it's all said and done. I'm cool with a lot of my opponents in the UFC. There's people I've fought who were my friends in kickboxing tournaments and after we were still cool.

Sports teaches you to understand the meaning of a team. You need to be able to work with everybody; you don't have to be their best friend. You can experience the fun of competition and driving toward a common goal without pushing to bond in some major way with each individual on a project.

Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters.

There shouldn't be any true malice towards your opponent.

In regular tournaments, players throw in the towel occasionally for one reason or another.