Sportsmanship Quotes

"I had bad days, and that means somebody else had a great day."

"I respect everyone out there."

"This is just sport for me, nothing more than that."

"The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end."

"There is nothing wrong in losing with dignity, it is a part of the game."

"We all know what my game is, to play hard. Not dirty, but play hard."

"The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose."

Ernie Banks

"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it."

Knute Rockne

"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."

Grantland Rice

"Friendships born on the field of athletic strife are the real gold of competition. Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust."

Jesse Owens

“I tell the kids, somebody's gotta win, somebody's gotta lose. Just don't fight about it. Just try to get better.”

“I don't believe in praying to win.”