Daniela Ruah Quotes

I'm in this sport to win but win by being the best, not by being lucky.

I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.

It's important that the Olympics are motivating to young people and inspiring to all, and the only way to do that is to ensure clean performances, free of cheating.

I feel like, there's no fair in fighting: you do whatever it takes to win. Obviously, sometimes I cheat to win, but it's not illegal.

Even if you win, or you lose, you have to respect your opponent.

I'm very competitive. I'm very honest, too, so I wouldn't cut anyone down to get ahead. I play fair, but I like to win.

I was the best manager in Britain because I was never devious or cheated anyone. I’d break my wife’s legs if I played against her, but I’d never cheat her.

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

If you find my aggressive and dominating play dirty, then that's your opinion. But I would assume most people want someone who is going to do anything and everything within the lines to win for their team, because I know I would.

If you're not cheating, you're not trying.

A sport has its own built-in integrity - doesn't need an artificial one.

You have to respect all your competitors.

There's a difference between fair game and playing games.

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

I even believe if you're killing a team, you shouldn't stop. You should respect your opponents enough to play 100 percent the whole time. And by the same token, if you're getting killed by the other team, you should never quit.

When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.

Grantland Rice told us that it matters not whether you win or lose. It’s how you play the game! I bought that when I was young. Then I found out that it was a lie. America is about winning!

I stand with all the athletes who believe in doing things right. The ones who win and the ones who lose while knowing they have been cheated out of their positions. There are thousands if not tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of those kinds of athletes out there. We have to remember them.

If you ask any referee before the game - they ask me if I have anything to say, I tell them 'I'm going straight up.' Every time. Every game. And they know that and they say I'm one of the best at it.

Strikers never lose games... we have to be honest and say that.

I'm not a dirty player. I love this game, and I'm playing hard.

We don't ever show up trying to throw games.

Whenever you play the game, you just want the game to be on the up and up. You don't want to ever lose a game because you felt like it was stolen from you.

I have to respect my opponent, always, doesn't matter who he is, but I'll get in there and win. That's a fact.