Sportsmanship Quotes

• Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.

  Tommy Hilfiger

  Games, Good Sportsmanship

  "Hilfiger vs Nadal". Vanity Fair interview, www.vanityfair.com. September 22, 2015.

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• 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.

  Amy Van Dyken

  Sports, Failure, Learning

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• Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair play, respect for the rules and traditions of the sport and various traits of good character including integrity (abiding by the letter and spirit of the rules and concepts of honor); demonstrated respect for others including teammates, opponents, officials and spectators; accountability, self-control, and graciousness in victory and defeat.

  Michael Josephson

  Sports, Respect, Attitude

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  Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Cute

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

  Bob Ley

  Sports, Character, Ifs

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• Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

  Pam Grier

  Struggle, Winning, Race

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  Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

  Xunzi

  Inspiring, Leadership, Teacher

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• One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

  Knute Rockne

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Sportsmanship is that quality of honor that desires always to be courteous, fair, and respectful, and it is interpreted in the conduct of players, spectators, coaches, and school authorities.

  Fielding H. Yost

  School, Player, Honor

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• Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.

  Mike Singletary

  Inspirational, Sports, Football

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• The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Life, Helping Others

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Aug 11, 2014

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

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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• If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.

  Babe Didrikson Zaharias

  Baseball, Motivational Sports, Real

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• Remember that sports are meant to be fun. Don't let someone make the sport unfun for you.

  A. J. Kitt

  Success, Sports, Fun

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• Never buy gold, simply earn it

  Mary Kom

  Gold

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• It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

  Ronnie Lott

  Graduation, Sports, Football

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

  Warren Moon

  Guy

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• The five S's of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.

  Ken Doherty

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Sports is a moral undertaking because it requires of participants, and it schools spectators in the appreciation of, noble things - courage, grace under pressure, sportsmanship.

  George Will

  Sports, Appreciation, School

  George F. Will (2003). “With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "This Speech Was Given Before The #4Women4AllWomen Run" by Powdered Feet, womensrunning.competitor.com. January 25, 2017.

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• 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.

  Jim Courier

  Inspirational, Success, Sports

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• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• 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.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Life, Motivational, Victory

  Marvin J. Ashton (1982). “Ye Are My Friends”, Shadow Mountain

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