Sportsmanship Quotes

"It's not about winning or losing. It's about showing up and being your best." "Stay humble in victory and gracious in defeat." "I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’." "As a kid growing up, I never skipped steps. I always worked on fundamentals because I know athleticism is fleeting." "I may be captaining India but I am also a fan when I see the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly score runs." "The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose." "I know no fighter can survive the loss if he feels sorry for himself when he’s defeated." "I don’t get hit. I’m the fastest thing on two feet man!" "No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room." "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize." "The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful." "There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.“" "I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted." "I don’t just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship." "I don’t think a coach becomes the right coach until he wins a championship." "There’s certain players that I’ve made cry. If I can make you cry by being sarcastic, then I really don’t want to play with you in the playoffs." "I focus on one thing and one thing only—that’s trying to win as many championships as I can." "When I have the chance to guard Michael Jordan, I want to guard him. I want him. It’s the ultimate challenge." "I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot."