Elana Meyers Quotes

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

If you are a great guy with your competitors, with your colleagues, it is always good, even on the race track and off it.

Beyond remembering me as a good goalkeeper or a bad goalkeeper, I just hope that people remember me for being a good person.

It's just dumb that people think that. 'Why did you help that guy up after you tackled him?' Because I wanted to. What's the big deal? 'Butkus would have never done that.' Well, I'm not Dick Butkus. I'm Brian Urlacher, and sometimes I help people up.

Tyrone Corbin is a class act.

It's really important: you can be the best wrestler in the world and make the most money, but if you're not a good person in the back, that says a lot about you. I've never wanted to be that person, because I've had so much help along the way, and I want to continue that.

I wanted to be positive. I have good sportsmanship. You leave everything on a good note, you just smile and shake hands.

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

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

There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.

Don't judge a person on winning or losing.

You've gotta respect everybody. If they race hard against you, you've got to race hard against them. It's very simple; if there's respect both ways, there's no problem.

You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is to help each other and not hurt each other.

I've worked with people and I've known people that were really competitive, but I've always said that I take an Elizabeth Bennett philosophy of life - I laugh. I love my job, but if it means hurting someone, I won't do it.

I hope that 9/11 has grouped us as one, and in doing so it has united us. Perhaps as a unit we can help each other get ahead, survive and succeed in this free world. And hey guys, let's not forget out manners!!

It's nice when people approach you to help.

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

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.

But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.