Quotes About Sportsmanship

Any game where a man 60 can beat a man 30 ain't no game.

As racing drivers, you always have those moments that it gets a bit heated, but then you start from zero again.

We have to show zero tolerance on match and frame-fixing. There is no other option than a life ban.

Going through my time as a coach in Zimbabwe and in South Africa, I know for a fact if there is anything dodgy in a game, look at the three people in black. They are the catalyst.

You had to pitch in and out. The zone didn't belong to the hitters; it belonged to the pitchers. Today, if you pitch too far inside, the umpire would stop you right there. I don't think it's fair.

I played basketball my whole life. It definitely helps. It translates to going up for rebounds and going up for balls in the end zone. Quick feet. It helps with getting in and out of your cuts. It definitely all translates to football.

If it's an outside zone play, you have the green light to cut-block.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life.

Show me a good and gracious loser, and I'll show you a failure.

The British are terribly lazy about fighting. They like to get it over and done with and then set up a game of cricket.

I used to store my anger and it affected my play. Now I get it out. I'm never rude to my playing partner. I'm very focused on the ball. Then it's over.

It's not enough to just swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let it fly.

When I was coaching in Turkey, my players played well.

I play for the Turkish National Team. I live there.

Every game, well most of them, come down to turnovers and the turnover battle.

I don't get angry very often, but there have been times when I have been frustrated with myself, maybe after playing a bad shot, after getting out, I have done some damage to some equipment of mine. Once or twice in the course of 20 years - I think you can allow me that at least.

The Nationals tried hard to recover the lost ground. The final result, however, was the success of the Forest Citys by a score of 29 to 23 in a nine innings game, twice interrupted by rain.

I love cricket and am the last person who would get involved in something like spot-fixing. Anyone who knows me will think twice before coming to me with such an offer. Because I don't even listen to the captain before I play a match. I wouldn't agree to do it even for Rs 100 crore.

Ive been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament youve got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well and enjoy it.

If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings

I'm deadly serious even when I play tennis against my kids. I want to beat their brains out.

I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.

There's no way I would want to hurt him or bust him up. That's why, for the sake of the family as well as himself, I will take him out in the opening round.

The year I gave up the 150-catch streak I had an ankle injury and didn't want to go back in because I'd have a better chance of playing the following week.