Aljamain Sterling Quotes

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.

I am only doing my job, and if I score against Mark Hughes' team, it is nothing personal.

No one man is superior to the game.

The teams who play against us don't give us any gifts, but we were too kind.

In the end, the great leveler in any sport is performance on the field or on the court. Kids don't care what language players speak or if they eat tacos, rice, or sauerkraut. They don't care if they're white, black, or brown.

I love competition and really going for it and doing my best, but losing isn't really upsetting to me. I feel like if I do lose, the other person really deserved it.

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

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.

I always say it's much nicer to win by shaking a man's hand rather than slapping him in the face.

I'm a girl, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate greatness and the struggle of sports. My situation - and I've always said this, even in politics - is may the best man win. I'm not team-bound.

Basketball is like society - you're going to have good and bad.

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

If you worry about hurting your opponent you are probably in the wrong game, because it can happen. I wouldn't wish ill on anyone. I wanted to knock him out, not hurt him badly.

I give the utmost importance to each opponent; otherwise, I can't move forward.

You always need to have the highest respect for your opponents. If you see them fighting, you know you have to give something extra.

I always pray for my opponent to have safe care and make it to the fight healthy.

We're all friends, me and the refs.

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

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My job is to come out here and hoop, and that's what I'm going to do.

It's never over until we're shaking hands at the net. Then you've either won or you've lost, and - either way - you look them in the eye and say, 'Well played, mate.'

Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.

I'm only doing my job, and if I score against Mark Hughes' team, it's nothing personal.

Male, female, it doesn't matter. All I see when I look across the ring is an opponent.

I don't care if my opponents are cheating or not.