Quotes About Sportsmanship

Sometimes people think that if you're always helping people up and never hit someone with a hard foul, you're automatically a good sport. I don't believe that.

Guys like Josh Gordon need to stay in his sport and mind his own business.

Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.

You don't play against opponents, you play against the game of basketball.

The integrity of the game is everything.

I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the way in which he conducts himself on the playing field, or even over a game of chess or cards.

In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.

There was definitely no time in grades 11 and 12 to do any other sports. That was one downside; I really enjoyed playing other sports.

Golf's a gentleman's game. So it's all about integrity and you cheer on other people, and it's kind of different from other sports where you just want to beat everyone.

As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what's good for individuals.

When you are a professional sportsman all the guys are great competitors in the top 50.

I grew up in a very strong, nuclear family. My father was a sportsman. He represented South Africa in a couple of sports, so he was a very positive person and someone who encouraged you to be your best and give your best with everything that you do.

I love and respect my sport, but I am not a bad guy. First, I am a sportsman.

I'm a blue collar guy from Spokane, Washington, who was raised to just be respectful, be a sportsman, and just speak with your performances, and I'm glad that I'm back to my old ways.

Maybe it's the sportsman in me, but if it is going to be television, I want to be the best I can be.

I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.

I'll fight you, and I'll have respect at the end. If you win, I have respect; if I win, I expect respect, Ray Mercer, man, I don't want to mention this guy's name anymore. He gets no respect from me. He was not professional, and he showed poor sportsmanship.

NBA players are intense competitors, and it is truly humbling to know that my peers see me as someone who exhibits sportsmanship and respect on the court.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

I wanted to be positive. I have good sportsmanship. You leave everything on a good note, you just smile and shake hands.

I just think guys should be mindful, 'Okay, this guy is a hundred pounds lighter than me. Maybe I shouldn't hit him full on,' even if it's in a safe spot.

I don't mind who takes the spotlight. If you win the game, then it doesn't really matter.

I was really active athletically, definitely. I was a hurdler, a sprinter. I played basketball for years. I was a serious athlete.

Just as I don't like it when other coaches question my squads and my line-ups, I won't talk about others.