Tim Kennedy Quotes

When I was younger I got accused of gamesmanship but I grew out of it.

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.

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.

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

I try to do my best both on and off the pitch, giving a good image in my behaviour.

More than anything, you have to respect the game and do things the right way.

I can only tell you that I am a clean athlete and an honest person.

It's good to be No1 but you'd like to do it the right way, not because of something that might have happened off the table.

Golf is a game with morals. There's always an opportunity to be a scoundrel. That's why it's a gentleman's game.

There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

Win or lose, do it fairly.

I fight fairly, and in good faith.

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

The players who said I am the dirtiest player in the league, it's ultimately their opinion, but I would love to hear from many of them on their true opinion on that.

I'm not perfect in my walk but I want to do the right thing.

I do consider myself a competitive person, but I'm not competitive to the point where I will do anything to win. I wouldn't step on somebody just to get to the next level. I would have to do it fair and square. I'm kind of competitive in a way to where I like to figure out things myself, and if I need help, I'll ask.

I like honesty and fair play.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.