Quotes About Sportsmanship

When you have an intense game, you're going to have arguments. I have no problem with it. I think it's healthy.

There's no problem with a guard of honour in any way.

She and Duncan had ended up together because they were the last two people to be picked for a sports team, and she felt she was better at sports than that.

Each player tries his hardest to defeat the other, but in this use of competition it isn't the other person we are defeating; it is simply a matter of overcoming the obstacles he presents.

I was always driven on the basketball court. I always wanted to win every game I played in, sometimes too much. When you're out on the playground just playing, and you're scraping, fighting, and do whatever you can to win the game. When it's all over with, you're friends, and I'd think, 'Why did I get like that?' That's the way I've always been.

I hate to lose more than I like to win.

I can't remember the first game but I know you were assigned to different teams, the red team, the yellow team, the blue team, all different colors. There were 26 different colors. Also, if you had a sore arm, you wore a gray cap. If you had a bad leg, you wore white socks. This way, if you're hitting the ball and you didn't hustle, they would know it's because you had a bad leg.

Louie made a habit of sitting next to the mountainous shot putter Jack Torrance, who had an inexplicably tiny appetite. When Torrance couldn't finish his entrée, Louie dropped onto the plate like a vulture.

Between the second and third rounds I asked my buddies what the hell was going on. "Who's hitting me on the head?" They told me it's the referee, that he doesn't like Irishmen. I walked over and told the referee if he hits me on the back of the head one more time I'm going to knock him out. He said, "Get back in there and fight, rookie." I

When the great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.

When the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name—He marks—not that you won or lost—but how you played the game.

For when the One Great Scorer comes To mark against your name, He writes - not that you won or lost - But HOW you played the Game. "Alumnus Football

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.

Victory is sweet, but how you handle yourself in defeat is often more telling.

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Kid, it's just football," Coach Shumsky said. "This is your chance to go have some fun." "Um… okay—" "I'm kidding," Coach said. "Get in there. Go get 'em. You know the drill. Sic 'em!" Ha

In the head of the moment after losing a game, I lost the control of my emotions and hit the ball with an intention of hitting out of the court. Unfortunately and absolutely unintentionally I hit Mr. Arnaud Gabas, the chair umpire.

Baggio is a unique player. It should not surprise you that he gets the most press. But you must remember that it takes a full team to win.

There is something special about the early stages of an Ashes Test. There is this unique buzz.

You just have to always go out and continue to work hard, watch the film, see what you did wrong from an offensive unit and individually. Then, you just have to go out and do better the next time out. That is what sports is all about.

The All-Star Game represents everything we as a nation love about basketball on and off the court - diversity, sportsmanship and, most of all, a commitment to unite fans.

Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.

When you're on the court with guys that know basketball, it's a universal language for us.

As women professional athletes, you have to have respect for every player and individual. Beyond that, it doesn't matter what your interests are. People can have their own lives.