Sue Wicks Quotes

We all know what my game is, to play hard. Not dirty, but play hard.

My dad was a really big baseball guy who helped coach me and thought the game should be played the right way.

I like to bump people, to feel me getting into somebody's jersey. I'm just different. I like contact, like physical play, like pushing and holding. But I'm not dirty.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

To me, discipline in football occurs on the field, not off it.

I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.

In football, like in life, you must learn to play within the rules of the game.

I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.

NBA players are intense competitors, and it is truly humbling to know that my peers see me as someone who exhibits sportsmanship and respect on the court.

My father taught me boxing and showed me what this beautiful sport means.

I had seen the ethos of rugby, and I was very much an admirer. For us, it's a beautiful sport, what I guess what Pele called soccer in Brazil. It's so simple; it's easy to understand. You can play five on five or 15 on 15.

I don't need to hit people in order to play good football. I'm not a boxer after all.

I want to be that guy who stops players.

Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - I'm just playing tough.

Hard fouls are a part of playoff basketball, and I think that's how basketball should be. I don't take those fouls personally.

We share the USTA's vision to promote and expand the game of tennis. I have been playing the game since I was 6 years old with my dad and five brothers, so I know firsthand how it teaches life lessons: integrity, dedication, and competitiveness.

Ultimately, as players, we are inside the tent, and we have got to deal with what happens between the white lines.

I think you can win in the NFL without being a 'bad boy.'

I want to show in a violent sport like our sport, you don't need to hurt anybody in order to win.

Playing all these different sports, you learn so much from the people you get coached by.

In the past, you might have said, 'This player is technically not good - let's prey on her.' But now, the game is professional in most countries - you can't just play on that.

I played street basketball for a while and wanted to play competitively, but I was so used to the street-style of game that I would have fouled out by the end of the first quarter.

I have multiple friends on other teams who after a game, they'll tell me the game plan... part of the game plan is to stop you. It's a respect factor.

I don't think it's a good M.O. to disrespect your opponents, and maybe that's why the teams that disrespected me and my team lost to us.

It is okay to play tough and try to hit guys hard in the course of the play - that's fine - but I don't like unnecessary roughness or things that happen after the play.