Quotes About Sportsmanship

When I played, I never needed the spotlight, nor did I want it. I simply wanted to play baseball and be respected by my teammates and the opposing players.

My dad was a class person on and off the field. That's the person I want to be.

I was awful at football when I was a little kid. I didn't have the aggressiveness. I was just a nice kid. I didn't want to hurt anyone.

Sidney Crosby, our greatest player, I don't want to see Sidney Crosby in the penalty box. I don't want to see Sidney Crosby hurt. I want to see Sidney Crosby play.

We finally got Nebraska where we want them...off the schedule.

I play because I know I can play the game, so it's their decision whether or not they want to keep me or they wanna trade me. Whatever decision they make, I will understand it.

Say what you want before the fight but when it's done, you accept the result.

No matter who our opponents are, or who we are playing against, we want to win the game.

The kids competed for a full 32 minutes. We want the kids to compete on every possession.

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

I even believe if you're killing a team, you shouldn't stop. You should respect your opponents enough to play 100 percent the whole time. And by the same token, if you're getting killed by the other team, you should never quit.

I want to win every game - soccer, tennis, it doesn't matter. When I play I am very loud. I am very emotional.

Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.

I know, firsthand, that soccer brings people together - all it takes is a ball and a few people, and the seeds of friendship are planted.

In soccer, you don't want to see anybody get hurt.

That's soccer. There are good games and others that aren't so much.

I played a lot of sports growing up. I played soccer.

Being able to play sports in a school or public environment was everything for me - basketball, soccer, track.

Soft playing destroys the integrity of the game of poker, and it's wrong - flat out wrong.

I said jokingly that if you bat like a king, you should also get out like a king; you should not be dismissed like a soldier. If you have made runs aggressively, then you will get out that way, too. That's how it is.

I'm happy that I helped basketball develop; I was trying to help basketball be the world's most popular sport, to bring people together from all over the world, it doesn't matter the background. We are all the soldiers of basketball.

For sure, Jacare would be a great opponent. I have all the respect for him, but I would like a lot to have the opportunity of facing him someday.

I don't wish that I was playing football. I love baseball, and the way I play is like it's my last day ever playing it. I do like football, but you've got to respect that it's not like baseball.

You don't win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.