Quotes About Sportsmanship

I love team environments, like the Celtics, the Bruins. I love going into the locker room and meeting these guys.

When he's healthy, Zach Randolph for the Memphis Grizzlies has always been somebody that has always been very tough to play against.

I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.

We deserve better than a win-at-all-costs mentality.

Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.

People talk about the drama of the set that goes on and on. But it leaves one guy exhausted for the next round, it's horrible for the players waiting to come on court, and it has the potential to mess up the schedule for everyone.

In the past, we might have lost a game, and you get fans messaging you, saying, 'Ah, don't worry, you've done so well,' and it can be a bit patronising, do you know what I mean?

I respect Messi a lot.

I admire Messi: he's never complained to me in any game we played, but I've also never asked him for his jersey and never would. I came to win, not to say I played against Messi.

Messi gets kicked by everybody, and he gets up and carries on. Doesn't scream, doesn't fake injury.

Messi is the best footballer in the world.

When I came to Barcelona, I knew - I knew Neymar, Messi, and Suarez were in the team.

I see a lot of fouls on Messi, and he's not the type to overreact.

Whenever I'm asked about Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, I always answer: 'Neymar is the best,' not just because of his goals but because of the ease with which he plays.

I would never put on a Mets hat. Only if I was playing a Met as part of the job. Which, actually, I did a long time ago.

You always try to fight someone from another country. But having said that, the public knows, everybody knows, when there's two Mexicans in the ring, there will be a war.

Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.

When I found myself facing jeers by wearing the shirts of Juventus and Milan, I always accepted them.

I loved playing against the Pacers and Reggie Miller. Reggie was a great competitor, and I enjoyed playing against competitors.

When I was growing up, we would play a 10-over or 15-over game, and the asking-rate would always be high, and I would end up scoring 30 or 40 runs in 15 balls, so I built that mindset right from the beginning and still continue to bat in the same manner.

I've always said I don't mind where I bat and I have exactly the same mindset when I'm batting seven as I would at five.

When I see somebody, I try to beat him on both ends of the floor. It's the game within the game that you've always got to win. That's always been my mindset. That's how I was taught how to play the game. That's how I learned. And that's what I enjoy.

Growing up, I played hockey because I loved playing it. I didn't view myself in minor hockey as a Black hockey player, but I was also aware that I was.

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