Erik Spoelstra

It's not just about winning or losing, but to learn about teamwork, learn about sportsmanship, learn about discipline. The value of working together for a common goal. Have the emphasis on fundamentals, not just games.

American Coach

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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 Baseball Player

Jon Gruden

I got a lot of the greatest values in life from playing sports, from playing football - teamwork, sportsmanship, my work ethic, resiliency, dedication - I got it all by being on a team.

Andrew Young

I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.

American Clergyman

Kemba Walker

NBA players are intense competitors, and it is truly humbling to know that my peers see me as someone who exhibits sportsmanship and respect on the court.

American Athlete

Jack Nicklaus

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

American Golfer

Mark Twain

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

American Writer

Junior Seau

The Boys and Girls Club taught me a lot about sportsmanship, humility, self-respect.

Terrell Davis

Jabari Parker

American Basketball Player

Sportsmanship often implies a respectful attitude towards everyone involved in the sport, not just the outcome.

Respectful Attitude

Sportsmanship values how the game is played over winning or losing, emphasizing integrity.

Beyond Winning

Sportsmanship includes graciousness in losing, without excuses or blaming others.

Handling Defeat

 happened he was speaking in a Protestant Church when you were brought up as a Catholic you think if you ever set foot in a Protestant Church you'll be struck dead at the threshold so I went to my father in tears what are we going to do he said don't worry he's speaking at a parish hall we're sitting and folding chairs he's talking about sportsmanship it's not a sin but as I left that night

Learning from past...

 you'll be struck dead at the threshold. So I went to my father in tears, "What are we going to do?" He said, "Don't worry. He's speaking in a parish hall. We're sitting in folding chairs. He's talking about sportsmanship. It's not a sin." But as I left that night, I was certain that somehow I'd traded the life of my everlasting soul

Doris Kearns Goodwin:...

 with Dwayne's mission was to make sure that everyone's finished period clearly somebody had gotten the memo on good sportsmanship and it wasn't me for the first time in my life I started seeing