David Gill Quotes

I was taught you never, ever disrespect your opponent or your teammates or your organization or your manager and never, ever your uniform.

Don't do anything in practice that you wouldn't do in the game.

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

More than anything, you have to respect the game and do things the right way.

We teach our kids to be fair and things like that and if you make a mistake you apologize for it.

I've played quite a lot of real people, and it carries a special responsibility.

Captains need to lead well and play within the laws of the game. There cannot be any compromise on that count.

I will make it a point to voice my opinions. But if I am at fault, I will also apologise.

I am sorry for causing anyone to lose faith in sport.

To be honest helps you a lot to not waste time. It's also the way I help the players most. It doesn't matter if it is the captain or the last reserve player, I try to be honest.

I respect the rules of the game.

I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.

Ball don't lie!

Winning our fans' approval will come from all of us doing the right things for the right reasons, me included.

Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

I apologise to people when I need to.

The public is very forgiving. So we're not trying to obtain some level of perfection that can't be obtained. But if you're straightforward and honest and your constituents trust you, they'll help you get through the times when you fall short.

All I can say is you don't know what's going to be on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper. So I take no joy in what happens to another sport, whether it's about a perfect game or an issue of conduct.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

Part of the satisfaction of tattling surely comes from showing oneself to adults as a good moral agent, a responsible being who is sensitive to right and wrong. But I would bet that children would tattle even if they could do so only anonymously. They would do it just to have justice done.

I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.