Jonathan Agnew Quotes

Within football, there is a lot of trash talk, a lot of stuff that's not been made aware to everybody.

I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?

Sledging is an important part of the game, but you should never cross the line.

I don't have any use for the hatred in a football stadium.

I always want my players to show class, knock'em down, pat on the back, and run back to the huddle.

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

Buy a steak for a player on another club after the game, but don't even speak to him on the field. Get out there and beat them to death.

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

In all sports, people get competitive; things happen that shouldn't happen.

No one has ever bitten me, and I've never bitten anyone on the court.

Football is a competition to see who's the best, not a battle. It's not a war. When it ends, we're still alive.

Football is such a traditionalist sport. Whatever happened in the past is usually going to continue. But the bullying has no place in any sport. That's the bottom line.

I don't have no issue with any guy. I'm a football player. I'm a competitor. When we're in the field, we're going to compete and be competitive. It's not personal between none of these guys. It's all in the game.

Competing is different than violence. Sport is love. It's passion. There's no passion in hurting people.

I am not a big supporter of sledging or insults that are hurled at you. But I don't mind if a bowler glares or stares at the batsmen. During my career, I have faced these situations numerous times.

Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.

I don't think anybody should ever touch anybody in anger, ever.

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

The Baltimore boys only defend themselves when playing against teams that treat us mean, especially that bunch from Cincinnati.

If a player is trying to intimidate a skilled player on your team, what do we want? We want our skilled players playing, so we shouldn't be doing that.

I used to play basketball and I was pretty competitive, but I was never a bad loser. I never got angry. For me it was always about doing my best and devoting myself to a challenge.

A lot of times, you had to beat the bullies at their own game. But the difficulty is not becoming the bully yourself.

We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.

My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team.

A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would.