Quotes About Sportsmanship

I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.

I think it's bad when people start booing between serves.

Wrong is wrong. Guys try to find a way to get the ball to reverse, but you have to stay in the laws.

Staying out of the penalty box will really help.

If I am the best, I am capable of saying it, but if I find the others better, I am also capable of shutting up. And staying on the bench. Full stop.

What happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

That's the great thing with Lyon: we are such a competitive group of players, but we know each other so well, so what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

What happens on the pitch stays on it. Off it you have to let it go.

What happens on the field stays on the field.

I have a go at defenders, and they have a go at me. We argue... Whatever happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.

Everybody in the league has someone up in the box, or guys on the sidelines trying to steal calls. It's just like baseball. If you've got guys who can do, you do it.

Usually guys like Chris Paul, Lebron James, they will steal the ball from you. Stay away from those guys.

Sign stealing has been a part of the game forever.

If the playing field is not level, if there's sign stealing going on and we're not participating ourselves, that really puts you at a great disadvantage.

Every time I step out on court, I leave 150 per cent out there. That's the bare minimum.

I do consider myself a competitive person, but I'm not competitive to the point where I will do anything to win. I wouldn't step on somebody just to get to the next level. I would have to do it fair and square. I'm kind of competitive in a way to where I like to figure out things myself, and if I need help, I'll ask.

I would put tiebreakers in the fifth set, no question about it.

That's my mentality. Just because somebody has fouled me, there is no reason for me to be nasty to him. I try to respect football as much as possible, and when someone is injured, you put the ball out.

There's no rules that say you can't have a friend at ringside. The rules say the friend can't interfere.

Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals.

I have nothing personal against Gambhir. In fact, I have some good friends in the Indian team, and I get along with them well off the field. Even if I meet Gambhir somewhere, I will greet him normally, as I have nothing in my heart against him.

I can deal with losing as long as one is trying to win. If you're losing, and you're not trying to win, that is not fair.

Flopping shouldn't get you nowhere.

I hate that 'I got it' stuff. That drives me nuts. It's that natural instinct that everything's OK because you're winning.