Johnny Ramone Quotes

I show up to win. I don't show up to hurt a guy. I don't show up with emotion.

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

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.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.

I am a very conscientious golfer. I count every stroke. I learned to play that way. That is the only way I can play. It taught me to be honest. There is no greater virtue than honesty.

Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football.

When people ask me about what I learned from martial arts, I don't talk about favorite punches or kicks, or about fights won or lost. I talk about learning self-discipline, about ethics and manners and benevolence and fairness.

I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.

I myself am frustrated in just where sports are at. It's a hard thing when you're out there working every day, and you know that someone else is cheating and they may not necessarily get caught.

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football.

'Do other men, for they would do you.' That's the true business precept.

When it's your will versus another person's will, the worst thing you can do is smile in their face when you're competing. That's what I tell our guys. Go have fun.

Football in itself is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place and 'play the game,' and these are the best of training for any game of life.

Parents today are self-absorbed. They don't care what anyone thinks or even what their children think. There is less focus on discipline, integrity, boundaries, fairness, honesty and spirituality.

I think my biggest trait is to play extremely hard within the rules of the game.

I love fighting. I want to fight, but there are principles in this game. You've got to have morals. I'm not just going to fight fights to fight to get nowhere.

I came to the conclusion that I'm not going to give up cycling because some people are cheating.

You go out onto the playing field every time to win and you will do all you can to do that, but not at all costs and especially not to cheat.

I gotta respect our sport, my division, and the guys that are fighting in it. That's what I gotta do.

The competitor in me wants to play, but it's not my job to make that decision. That's what the coaches are paid for.

When I'm thinking of sports, when I'm thinking of a boy growing up and being a man, I'm thinking of three things - honor, integrity, and toughness.

You should always play 100 per cent, and you shouldn't expect every decision from the referee.

I love football and I believe in fair play, both on and off the pitch.