David Duffield Quotes

You have to be very careful when you let someone win.

You've gotta respect everybody. If they race hard against you, you've got to race hard against them. It's very simple; if there's respect both ways, there's no problem.

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

I don't always think it's necessary for somebody to be nice all the time.

It doesn't make you feel very good being mean and fierce; it is much nicer playing people who are kind and sweet.

I don't think teams play this game to hurt other guys. I don't think that's the story. We don't play this game to hurt one another.

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

I don't like to kick people when they're down. I like to kick people when they're up.

I know it's sappy, but I bet there's a market for civility and niceness out there that, while probably not as titillating as a junkyard scrap between shirtless adversaries, it'd sure be healthier.

I think it would be a far greater world if people were kinder and more respectful to each other.

Reveling in our opponents' missteps and losses drags us down as a country and diminishes our potential as people.

Nice goes much further than mean.

There shouldn't be any true malice towards your opponent.

Even though you're irritated or disappointed about a game, never lose your human side.

We definitely don't want to get in others' way while we're competing.

It's not always about winning. If you can, really, just show people - If they're being awful, be less awful.

I think it's important to be sort of nice.

It's so important to just be nice to everyone and be respectful.

I try to respect everybody around me, especially at speedway races.

I'm versatile in every part of my game - except being nice, which I am only at home.

I think sometimes it is more important to be gracious than to win.

When you're nice, people like you and will want to work with you. But it can mean that they take you for granted.

It requires more strength to be gentle, so it's the everyday encounters of life that I think we've prepared children for and prepared them to be good to other people and to consider other people.

How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.