Chris Smalling Quotes

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.

I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.

You can be rivals out on the pitch, but respect is the most important thing.

My philosophy is to respect the opposition off the field and play it as tough as possible on it.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

Football is a passionate game, and the emotions are intense. As long you respect the people around you, I don't see any problem with that.

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.

You have to have respect on the pitch.

I approach this game with the utmost respect for every player.

Obviously, it is good to have competitiveness in the team and that urge to want to beat the driver next to you, but at the same time, I think we are gonna respect each other.

I think healthy competition is great, and I think WWE would agree.

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

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.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

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

A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about, especially the whole concept of sportsmanship and teamwork.

Then in a fraction of a second, I realized that these sportsmen were not anyone's enemies.

In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.

There's a fiercely competitive rivalry between myself and Virat Kohli - but also enormous mutual respect.

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.

I played defense, so I don't like when guys celebrate with dances and stuff.

Just like in everything else, there are people in football who you don't particularly like.

There's a lot of talented guys, but there's not a lot of guys that play the game that right way.

I try not to pay too much respect to the players I am playing against.

I have fun out there on the court, smiling, laughing, trying to have good demeanor.