Fair Play Quotes

Printers are educated in the Belief that when Men differ in Opinion, both Sides ought equally to have the Advantage of being heard by the Publick; and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter. Hence they cheerfully serve all contending Writers that pay them well, without regarding on which side they are of the Question in Dispute... .It is likewise as unreasonable what some assert, That Printers ought not to print anything but what they approve, since if all of that Business should make such a Resolution, and abide by it, an End would thereby be put to Free Writing, and the World would afterwards have nothing to read but what happen'd to be the Opinions of Printers.

Some defeats are better than victories. A defeat endured as the result of contest conducted in a fair and honorable manner is a thousand times more creditable to the defeated party than a victory gained by all the mean and unscrupulous arts of the wire pullers.

We've just got to be careful - with all sports, let alone cricket - I think there's so much emphasis on doing the right thing all the time, but I think the public want to be entertained when they come to watch sport.

I will not steal a victory.

President Obama believes in a level playing field.

The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.

Don't let anyone be close to how good you are, no matter what the division is - one, two or three. It doesn't matter, everyone plays football. It doesn't matter who the competition is.

It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.

I can honestly say that every time I go on court, I see the opponent in a competitive way, but not a rival.

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.

I play the game the right way.

Youth sports could not exist without millions of volunteers and modestly paid coaches who teach our children how to skate and catch and dribble and also how to get along with others.

Let common sense and common honesty have fair play, and they will soon set things to rights.

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.

Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.

I'm not a dirty player.

There's a difference between fair game and playing games.

When the Champions League is at stake, ... you do everything you can, whether it's called gamesmanship or cheating, to put the opposition off.

In the World Cup, you have to respect every team.

I'm not a dirty fighter. Everybody knows that.

Obviously, flagrant things have to be called. There are rules. You have got to play to the rules, no question.

You cannot expect to be on intimate terms with everybody on your club, and there is no reason why you should be, so long as you are playing the game.

A fair field and no favor!

The All-Star Game represents everything we as a nation love about basketball on and off the court - diversity, sportsmanship and, most of all, a commitment to unite fans.