Sportsmanship Quotes - Page 5

• I like to give opinions, not suggestions

  John Wooden

  Giving, Suggestions, Opinion

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• I would rather win than have good sportsmanship.

  Allen Iverson

  Winning, Good Sportsmanship

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• In the name of all competitors I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Leadership, Sports, Team

  "The Olympic Idea: Discourses and Essays". Book by Carl Diem, 1970.

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• A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Teamwork, Player, Games

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• Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

  Mickey Rivers

  Funny, Basketball, Stupid

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• 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.

  Jim Valvano

  Basketball, Running, Business

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• 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.

  Andrew Young

  Differences, Athletic, Olympics

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

  Cal Ripken, Jr.

  Thinking, Attention, Littles

  "Ripken Shares 'Eight Elements of Perseverance'". Interview with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. April 14, 2008.

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• The focus should be on the players. I'm here a long time. You can call me in the summer. Our seniors will be gone.

  Dean Smith

  Senior, Summer, Player

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• Third, there is value in any experience that exercises those ethical restraints collectively called 'sportsmanship'. Our tools for the pursuit of wildlife improve faster than we do, and sportsmanship is the voluntary limitation in the use of these armaments. It is aimed to augment the role of skill and shrink the role of Gadgets in the pursuit of wild things.

  Aldo Leopold

  Exercise, Skills, Roles

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.178, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Have I done more for some today ? Than some have done for me ? If a person can answer yes at the end of a day, then that person has had a good day.

  Kevin Wall

  Good Day, Done, Answers

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• It is not overwhelmingly difficult for a committed group of players with only average individual basketball skills to put together a very good team defense.

  Del Harris

  Basketball, Team, Player

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

  Glenn Dobbs

  Losing, Ifs

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• To win, I'd run over Joe's mom too.

  Matt Millen

  Mom, Running, Kids

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• I've always claimed that success in writing - provided of course one had what it takes to make a writer - is like success in marriage, largely a question of good sportsmanship, of keeping on keeping on, of giving one's best and trying, everlastingly trying to make that best, better.

  Emilie Loring

  Writing, Giving, Trying

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• What I admire most in any man is a serene spirit, a steady freedom from moral indignation, and all-embracing tolerance--in brief,what is commonly called sportsmanship.

  H. L. Mencken

  Freedom, Men, Tolerance

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.163, Vintage

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• Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

  Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy

  Golf, Games, Reputation

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

  Muhammad Ali

  Motivational, Faith, Sports

  Twitter post from Mar 27, 2017

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• Champions keep playing until they get it right.

  Billie Jean King

  Inspirational, Sports, Running

  Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

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• I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.

  Bruce Jenner

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up.

  Joel Osteen

  Getting Back Up, Matter, Knocked Down

  Joel Osteen (2008). “Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential”, p.212, Hachette UK

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• There is no such thing as life in-between.

  Pat Riley

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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

  John Wooden

  Life, Experience, Littles

  John Wooden (2011). “Wooden's Complete Guide to Leadership (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.12, McGraw-Hill Professional

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

  Russ Grimm

  Basketball, Running, Mother

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