Martin Sheen Quotes

The integrity of the game is everything.

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

More than anything, you have to respect the game and do things the right way.

In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

Win or lose, do it fairly.

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

Golf is a game of ego, but it is also a game of integrity: the most important thing is you do what is right when no one is looking.

It's important to play the right way. If you play the right way, it's so much fun.

I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person.

It's good to be No1 but you'd like to do it the right way, not because of something that might have happened off the table.

I try to perform honestly during the fight, and I always remember that I'm a representative of Russia. I try not to bring any aggression. Just honesty.

Golf is a game with morals. There's always an opportunity to be a scoundrel. That's why it's a gentleman's game.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you only cheat yourself.

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

When you're going into an employment environment that looks pretty scary, it is easy to lose your moral compass, your decency, your sense of civility and your sense of community.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

The interesting thing is that everyone in golf is just nice. You learn a lot about people playing golf: their integrity, how they play under pressure.

In plain Texas talk, it's 'do the right thing'

So I think ethics is the broader thing that's less focused on prohibitions and is more perhaps looking at principles and questions and ideas about how to live your life.

Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.