Keith Jackson Quotes

You need to separate the fans and the players.

There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.

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.

As a player, that's not your responsibility to comment and to give your opinion on another player. As a quarterback, I don't want another quarterback tweeting about my performance or judging me in that way.

If you destroyed the underpinnings of this great American sport, you are a hated, ugly, detestable person.

I'm a fair manager, put it that way. I like to be fair with the players, but there's a time for discipline.

I think sometimes when it comes to sports, and especially relationships between players and coaches, that people lose track, lose a sense of reality.

When I came on the tour, I thought, 'Why don't they treat tennis players the same way they look at football players?' Because I've got news for you: when they are on the pitch, they are not saying, 'Hello, how are you?' out there.

What happens on the field should stay on the field.

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

We're all friends, me and the refs.

My reputation is the main reason why a lot of things don't go my way on the court.

Everything is always equal between every player; no one is ahead of anyone. Sometimes one player plays, then others play. It's normal at every club, not just Barca.

It should not all be about badminton.

Coaches respect each other, and it's a tough business.

I don't complain if I get a hard tackle.

In Germany, it is normal, when games end, you shake hands with your players.

It's so wrong when some players think, 'I scored five goals; therefore, I am a god of football.' You're nobody.

I guess the all-American presentation of what a player is supposed to stand for is not what I am.

You can't play with fear in football. There is a lot of respect - you have respect for everybody, the ones on top and the bottom - but never fear.

Football can help carve a more diverse world.

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

I always respect my team and my competitors. I never had problems with anybody.

What I love about England is that the fans have great respect for the players on and off the pitch.

As a captain, I have to be courageous but I also want to be nice off the pitch.