John McEnroe Quotes

What happens on the field should stay on the field.

This game is about engagement and respect, whether you're playing in the Champions League or in the fourth division.

I don't know where the loyalty lies in baseball. You really don't have to protect each other much, unless there's like a bench-clearing brawl. In hockey, it's important that they look out for each other.

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.

American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

I was an old tackle riding around talking to people about sports. Like I've said to a lot of people over the years, 'I only go where old tackles go, and if an old tackle does not belong there, I'm not going.'

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

It's nice when you can have that battle on the pitch and then there's respect after the game because, ultimately, you are just trying to do your best.

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.

Just being in the whole environment around the IPL, around the people that you ge to play with and against means it's going to be really, really good.

We're all friends, me and the refs.

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.

Athletes are going to tease each other. Football players want to be baseball players. Baseball players want to be football players. Basketball players want to be baseball players, and vice versa.

We might have, with Hockey Canada, an Aero Bar, a chocolate bar. 'Okay we're going to play for this chocolate bar.' Here you have guys who made millions of dollars, they're professional athletes, and they will fight tooth and nail to win. It's not necessarily for the chocolate bar. It's the competitive spirit.

There is no such thing as friends on the field.

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

The Premier League is just a really cool league, the most interesting in the world, but you must always respect other big clubs and leagues.

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

It was really an easy decision for me to be a part of the Lakers. It's priceless. It is one of the few places where I truly get lost in the joy of the moment of that game. All of the stresses and all the responsibilities are gone.

I play football, and most football players are camera shy. We just want to be left alone; we just want to stick to what we do.

I do not think that winning is the most important thing. I think winning is the only thing.

I think almost every player has a few very good friends on tour. Mine are: Yves Allegro, Roger Federer, Michael Lammer, and Ivo Klec.

We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.

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.