Quotes about Sportsmanship
I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.
— George H. W. Bush
Stated to a running back after an overly exuberant display of celebration: Next time you make a touchdown act like you've been there before.
— Vince Lombardi
Tennis begins with love.
— Anonymous
Whenever the ball flew toward our goal and a score seemed inevitable, Jesus reached his foot out and cleared the ball.
— Anonymous
Sportsmanship, next to the Church, is the greatest teacher of morals.
— Herbert Hoover
Good ball players make good citizens.
— Grover Cleveland
The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.
— Ernest Hemingway
I am not better than anyone else just because I play football.
— Tim Tebow
When you attend the games, do not get emotionally invested in the rivalry. Wish only that the best team or athlete wins. Avoid the extremes of elation at a win and devastation at a loss.
— Epictetus
When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.
— Joel Osteen
I just can't see myself with a man on the ropes and just to prove how bad I am - and I see in his eyes, his head, he's hopeless - and I'm just deliberately hitting. I don't do that.
— Muhammad Ali
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
— Mark Twain