Jonathan Vilma Quotes

I never paid, or intended to pay, $10,000, or any amount of money, to any player for knocking Kurt Warner, Brett Favre or any other player out of the 2009 Divisional playoff game, 2010 NFC Championship Game or any other game.

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.

There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt.

The Sharks board agree red cards and dirty play cannot be condoned, and it is unacceptable that this behaviour be associated with the Sharks brand.

A penalty is a cowardly way to score.

A dirty player is somebody who ultimately is trying to hurt somebody. There's a huge difference. There's no gray in that. Like, you have no conscience, no nothing, no guilt. I don't have that mean streak in me. I don't play angry. It's not anger.

Most athletes, we're the good ol' boys, part of the good-ol'-boy fraternity, and we take care of our brothers, and we cover up the bad habit and the bad play.

Please criticize me, but how can you accuse me of something like fixing a cricket game after all that the game has given me.

There is no team in the world that doesn't tamper with the ball.

Malice is part of football, I wouldn't call it illegitimate.

I think if you deflate a football, then you're definitely cheating.

I find it quite funny to see players rolling over trying to win free-kicks or get opponents booked. I've never done that, even at an early age. My friends would have just laughed at me.

I'm not a dirty player.

A guy who is walking out of his crease purposefully because he wants to take advantage is wrong.

You see stuff that is cheating, no question, and it needs to be sorted out. The biggest thing is moving on the shot by an opponent.

Cheating during bouts has always existed.

Ask a receiver, can we take his gloves off because he's catching the ball too well? Nobody is going to be overly happy about that.

I don't have any problem with tackles or duels, but I react when I notice that someone is only trying to kick me out of the game. But I never have the intention to hurt anyone. Everything is forgotten again a minute later.

Check my records: you'll find I've never caused a bad injury to a player.

Sometimes I see it [a foul by an Arsenal player], but I say that I didn’t see it to protect the players and because I could not find any rational explanation for what they did.

I would never, ever intentionally hurt a player contractually.

There should be no tolerance for cheaters, especially in fighting.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

As a player you don't want to hurt someone and you don't want to see someone leave the ice with the doctors.

I care about the integrity of the game.