Antonio Conte Quotes

You have to respect your opponent.

I'm not a trash talker. I respect my opponents.

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

I don't like to disrespect people or my opponents. Anything can happen.

I respect my competition.

Sometimes people say that coach is a winner, but everyone wants to win. You must know how to behave in victory and in defeat, to look after what is our sport, football.

The teams who play against us don't give us any gifts, but we were too kind.

But in the end it's still a game of golf, and if at the end of the day you can't shake hands with your opponents and still be friends, then you've missed the point.

When I play, I don't cheat. I played for 490,000 in Berlin, and I'll play just as hard for 100.

When you're on the court, there is certain things that you would do that you wouldn't do off the court. When you get off, you obviously have to be gracious and a humble person. When you are on the floor, be a team player. Championships are what you are defined by - legacy. Go about things the right way.

Money was never the motivation. It never should be in sports.

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

I always say it's much nicer to win by shaking a man's hand rather than slapping him in the face.

Winning isn't all that matters.

The most important thing is to win, it doesn't matter how.

I have never cheated anybody out of a victory, I have worked hard for every single race that I have won.

We will respect all our opponents, as we always do.

When you go out on to that field it's going to be war. Sportsmanship is playing to the best of your abilities and then, afterwards, shaking your opponent's hand.

I will take every match seriously and respect every opponent.

I think any player would say that they want their coaches' respect, they want their teammates' respect, and they want their opponent to respect them.

It's never over until we're shaking hands at the net. Then you've either won or you've lost, and - either way - you look them in the eye and say, 'Well played, mate.'

Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.

I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.

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

I have a lot of respect for who beats me and that's it.