Sports Ethics Quotes

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.

When you win, don't swagger. When you lose, don't sulk.

Most of the guys in the NFL would sit here and tell you we don't condone the abuse of a child, any sort of abuse of a woman, breaking rules, failing drug tests, or doing any of those things. We hold ourselves to a very high standard.

We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and steroids has put us in the position that it's OK to cheat.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

I play the game the right way.

I'm not a dirty player.

All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.

I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.

Morality is probably the last thing one can learn from football.

Sometimes, a defeat can be more beautiful and satisfying than certain victories. The English have a point in insisting that it matters not who won or lost, but how you played the game.

You ask me: 'Was he a fair player?' I say: 'No, I'm sorry, for me he was not a fair player.' I just think I respect him highly as a quality player. I did not like some things he did on the football pitch and I have the right to say that. It's not because you are older, suddenly, that you are a saint.

I never have suspected or sensed a whiff of cheating in any of our Super Bowls.

I do not throw myself down in the area, looking for a penalty, because I believe we should try to do things without being cursed and angry and without spitting on life.

I never wanted anybody to think that I deliberately hurt opponents. The vast majority of players are the same.

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.

When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.

If I ever spat at an opponent, I'd never be able to show my face to my family ever again.

We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players.

I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.

I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.

There is nothing more disgraceful for any sportsperson than to be accused of murky stuff like match-fixing or spot-fixing.

Bisping is a clean athlete, and it comes down to whether you're clean or not. I'm totally against the use of drugs and steroids in the UFC and any performance enhancing drugs. Shows a lot about someone's mental state if they have to do that.

Cheating during bouts has always existed.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.