Joe Kelley Quotes

You want to play in every game, and you especially don't want to be in the penalty box for five minutes and give the other team a chance to get a power play, and you don't want to hurt anyone on the other team.

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.

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 have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the way in which he conducts himself on the playing field, or even over a game of chess or cards.

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

FIFA stands for discipline, respect, fair-play, not just on the field of play, but in our society as well.

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

What happens on the field should stay on the field.

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

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

We footballers don't address one another as 'My dear.'

There is a great deal of fair play in English football.

You can't put your arm around the referee! That's ungentlemanly conduct.

Football sometimes has a bad reputation. Some of that is deserved... and some of it isn't.

I have always tried to play the right way, and I honestly believe for the most part the etiquette in snooker is very good. So when there are breaches, and there are, it stands out.

Golf's a gentleman's game. So it's all about integrity and you cheer on other people, and it's kind of different from other sports where you just want to beat everyone.

I just don't want people to mistake playing basketball, playing hard with trying to hurt somebody.

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 any problem with tackles or duels, but I react when I notice that someone is only trying to kick me out of the game. But I never have the intention to hurt anyone. Everything is forgotten again a minute later.

The highest-ranked team in the world has the responsibility to ensure that the integrity of the game is upheld every single time they play. And that the spirit of cricket is with them every time they enter the field.

Basketball is a non-aggressive game. So when emotions are high, there's a very low chance to get angry or yell. So that's why it never happens out there.

I'm not going to put them all in a box and say they all cheat. There are some good guys and I have met some good guys that play basketball.

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

We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.

I remember my late father, who was the biggest football fan I have ever known, used to stress when I was younger that, win or lose, you always have to compete with honor.