Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old sports quotes, sports sayings, and sports proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
Sportsmanship combines striving for success with maintaining a commitment to fairness, honesty, and respect for the rules.Tom Robinson
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Young athletes learn sportsmanship and behavior by observing others.Tom Robinson
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Definitions of sportsmanship often include the concept of striving for excellence.Tom Robinson
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The attempt to win is at the heart of most issues concerning poor sportsmanship.Tom Robinson
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Poor sportsmanship generally occurs when too high a priority is placed on the goal without concern for the process of attaining it.Tom Robinson
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Good sportsmanship results when team members act properly.Mary Mueller
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Personally integrity leads to good sportsmanship.Mary Mueller
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Self-control when facing trouble also shows good sportsmanship.Mary Mueller
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Respect for others builds good sportsmanship, too.Mary Mueller
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Gamesmanship appears in many different forms throughout sport and the sport culture.Angela Lumpkin
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The word sportsmanship is often misunderstood. Sportsmanship also is written into playing rules today under the rubric or unsportsmanlike conduct.Angela Lumpkin
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You should always show good sportsmanship when playing a sport or game.Frank Murphy
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Good sportsmanship means always trying your hardest, no matter what.John Bowman
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People see sportsmanship in different ways. Fouls are sometimes fair, champions are sometime booed.John Bowman
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Conduct that involves fair and honest rivalry, courteous relations, and graceful acceptance of the results.John Bowman
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Good sportsmanship sometimes overlaps into poor sportsmanship.John Bowman
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Good sportsmanship represents a more human, more relaxed way of life.John Bowman
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To paly the game is great, to win the game is greater, but to love the game is the greatest of all.Palestra Palque
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Sportsmanship is not just about following the rules of the game.Nick Hunter
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A player who tries to get away with breaking rules may be guilty of bad sportsmanship.Nick Hunter
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Showing good sportsmanship, or being a good sport, is more about the spirit in which the game is played.Nick Hunter
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A good sport can be contrasted with someone who tries to 'win at all costs'.Nick Hunter
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Sportsmanship is about recognizing that playing the game fairly and in the right spirit is at least as important as winning.Nick Hunter
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A baseball game is twice as much fun if you're seeing it on the company's time.William Feather
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All I know is that the way we're hitting, sick people are getting out of bed and wanting to pitch against us.Bob Lemon
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Men may trifle their business and their politics, but they never trifle with their games.Bernard Shaw
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A well-adjusted person is one who can play golf and bridge as if they were games.Evan Esar
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If you watch a game, it's fun; if you play it, it's recreation; if you work at it, it's golf.Evan Esar
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What some people enjoy most about table tennis is stepping on the ball.Evan Esar
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Life is the game that must be played.Edwin Arlington Robinson