Warren Moon
Football Player
"Sportsmanship is making sure you have respect for the guy you're playing across from."
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Sportsmanship
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Andrew Young
Civil Rights Leader
"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."
Chili Davis
Professional Athlete
"Professionalism is not sportsmanship. If you don't succeed, you won't be in your profession for long. In our society, it's not about good or bad. It's about who's on top."
Terrell Davis
Professional Football Player
"There is no such thing as sportsmanship."
Dean Smith
Basketball Coach
"I do believe in praising that which deserves to be praised."
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"For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship."
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"I would rather win than have good sportsmanship."
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