Quotes About Good Sportsmanship

#1. I would rather win than have good sportsmanship.

Allen Iverson

#2. I would advise all youths aspiring to athletic fame or a professional career to practice clean living, fair play and good sportsmanship.

Major Taylor

#3. Most of my ribbons were for good sportsmanship, a backhanded compliment if ever there was one.

David Sedaris

#4. Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing, It's always pleasant when you spot it. There's only one unhappy thing: You have to lose to prove that you've got it.

Richard Armour

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

Tommy Hilfiger

#6. 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

#7. It's considered good sportsmanship not to pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Mark Twain

#8. Good sportsmanship means treating others with respect. I consider myself a pretty good sport.

Tommy Hilfiger

#9. This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are properly understood and acknowledged.

Jerry Costello

#10. Perceptiveness was not a quality I encouraged in those I spent time with.

Julie Johnson

#11. I'm not as good at showing my emotions as other girls, so it comes across like I don't care, even when I do. I like to keep things to myself.

Kiera Cass

#12. I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

Sue Wicks

#13. The man was a walking dichotomy. Those powerful neck-snapping, knife-throwing hands that did murder without pause were equally capable of tenderness and delicacy.

Karen Marie Moning

#14. Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game.

Gary Gygax

#15. Always do something different. Always different things.

Josh Lucas

#16. Think of learning as storing up supplies you may need for a harsh winter.

Shannon Hale

#17. A little lip gloss goes a long way.

Erin Dionne

#18. Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or bad. It's about who's on top.

Chili Davis

#19. That wasn't good, that wasn't sportsmanship. I was amazed he took that shot.

Tristan Blackwood

#20. 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

#21. I advocate that every woman be a part of a circle, and a circle that meets at least once a month, or if you can't do that, once every two months or every four months.

Alice Walker

#22. The Christian system of religion is an outrage on common sense.

Thomas Paine

#23. I'm thinking that I shouldn't have filed my nails last night.

Dara Torres

#24. If I want to achieve the goals I've set, I've got to be in tip-top shape.

Michael Phelps

#25. Blindfolded, your feelings are enhanced. You see less, you see nothing, but you feel more. You feel everything.

Chloe Thurlow