Sportsmanship Quotes

World War II was a must win.

If you spend a lot of time on sportsmanship, you're going to spend a lot of time losing.

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

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.

Golf is a great way for someone to learn discipline, responsibility and sportsmanship.?

There is no such thing as sportsmanship.

Pride makes us do things well. But it is love that makes us do them to perfection.

Sportsmanship, next to the Church, is the greatest teacher of morals.

Sportsmanship is making sure you have respect for the guy you're playing across from.

If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching.

I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised.

Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.

I like to give opinions, not suggestions

To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

The most important lesson I've learned from sports is how to be not only a gracious winner, but a good loser as well. Not everyone wins all the time, as a matter of fact, no one wins all the time. Winning is the easy part, losing is really tough. But, you learn more from one loss than you do from a million wins. You learn a lot about sportsmanship.

I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.

There is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called sportsmanship.

Dictators lead through fear; good coaches do not.

We can talk about the value of sportsmanship on one hand, and on the other hand, the leading shots, highlights ... you see every night are the outrageous and unsportsmanlike, so I think there is a double standard here. On the one hand, we complain about it, on the other hand it's the first thing you see every night.

Victories in life come through our ability to work around and over the obstacles that cross our path. We grow stronger as we climb our own mountains.

When champions fail, they get back up and try again. They don't let failure discourage them.

I'd run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl.

Blame is the cowards way out.

Class is striving hard to be the best at what you do while taking the needs of others into consideration

No matter what business you're in, you can't run in place or someone will pass you by. It doesn't matter how many games you've won.

I SEND YOU MY HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS UPON BEGINNING THE THIRTIETH YEAR OF YOUR GREAT CAREER AS MANAGER OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS, IN WHICH YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO UPHOLD THE TRADITIONS OF CLEAN SPORTSMANSHIP IN THE MOST BELOVED NATIONAL GAME.

Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.

The most important thing I learned [from running] is that there is only one runner in this race, and that is me.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Sports for me is when a guy walks off the court, and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.

That wasn't good, that wasn't sportsmanship. I was amazed he took that shot.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.