Bill Veeck Quotes

The most important thing is to win, it doesn't matter how.

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.

In football, you can win; you can lose. The most important thing is the feeling and the attitude that you show on the pitch.

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

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.

If you look at other countries, you see they have different values: defend more, pass the ball out more, winning is holy. In England, you could say that sport itself is holy. They say, 'Look, guys, it's about more than just winning.'

When you go out on to that field it's going to be war. Sportsmanship is playing to the best of your abilities and then, afterwards, shaking your opponent's hand.

I'm against the fighting. But sometimes when you're trying to help your team, trying to win the games, there are moments when you need to get a little aggressive.

You can be rivals out on the pitch, but respect is the most important thing.

You go into each game looking to win. We're not looking at wins or losses because it proves something as a team. We go into every game trying to get better. As long as you compete, we're gonna play our hearts out; we're improving every day.

I don't think any game means less than the other ones. You always want to win.

If you play hockey, you might as well win.

Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.

And like I said, I appreciate my older brothers because they would not allow me to win. They made me learn to play with them, which I think is the most important thing that I learned.

I'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.

To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.

I don't care if it's a preseason game or not. You want to win.

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.

How you play the game is for college ball. When you're playing for money, winning is the only thing that matters.

Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game.

We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose.

I've got to stand up for the sport.