I'm not a dirty player.
Life is a game with many rules but no referee. One learns how to play it more by watching it than by consulting any book, including the holy book. Small wonder, then, that so many play dirty, that so few win, that so many lose.
Half of the basketball world thinks I'm this hothead, dirty player who can't get anything under control and probably thinks I'm arrogant and a selfish guy.
I am a physical player, no doubt about that, but a dirty player? That's not my reputation.
Have you been playing in toxic waste lately?
Every time I step onto the field, whether people like it or not, I'm not trying to play dirty - I'm just playing tough.
There's two kinds of dirty - dirty and sewer-dirty. Danny Ferry is sewer-dirty and has been ever since he was at Duke.
There are rough players and there are dirty players. I'm rough and dirty.
Parties sickened me. I hated the game-playing, the dirty play, the flirting, the amateurs drunks, the bores.
I blame Riley for my broken thumb, not Matt Geiger. That ain't defense Miami is playing. That's just chopping. I have no idea how his team gets away with it. I guess when you've been in the league 30 years you can do it. Respect, he gets it - he's like John Gotti.
People don't want to watch a sport where you see people fall down and somehow score above someone who goes clean.
My fouls used to be ticky-tacky, but I learned real fast to make them count.
I don't know if he throws a spitball but he sure spits on the ball.
Playing dirty has never been part of my game.
Every team, in some sense, plays dirty. The game of football is dirty.
If you find my aggressive and dominating play dirty, then that's your opinion. But I would assume most people want someone who is going to do anything and everything within the lines to win for their team, because I know I would.
The Sharks board agree red cards and dirty play cannot be condoned, and it is unacceptable that this behaviour be associated with the Sharks brand.
One time, I was practicing against the Tennessee Titans, and one of their defensive linemen took a cheap shot at our running back, so I planted him.
A dirty player is somebody who ultimately is trying to hurt somebody. There's a huge difference. There's no gray in that. Like, you have no conscience, no nothing, no guilt. I don't have that mean streak in me. I don't play angry. It's not anger.
Sport is dirty if you want to win, but I am not a dirty player.
I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
I just love getting dirty.
I have to remind Arsene about his team, which used to win the league, that was the dirtiest team in the league. If you cast your mind back to when they were winning the league, they had more seedings-off and bookings than anyone else.
I like to bump people, to feel me getting into somebody's jersey. I'm just different. I like contact, like physical play, like pushing and holding. But I'm not dirty.
Paul Scholes was always unbelievably talented. Quiet. And dirty. When he got his tackle right, it was a great tackle. But when he got it wrong, he could kill someone. He was so talented and a player I feel honoured to have played with.
