Chris Cleave Quotes

All's fair in love and war and sport - even when you're fighting against your sister.

I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

I think today the players are too nice to one another, but that might change with the unbalanced schedule, with teams playing each other more and more. When you face each other that much, with that much at stake, something's bound to happen.

Friendships are forgotten when the game begins.

I played against a lot of guys, a lot of good players, and I remember those guys. They're friends now. They weren't then. You wanted to beat them.

It's rule number one, really - beating your teammate.

Going up against a great champion like Cavani, giving each other hell for 90 minutes, then being able to walk off as opponents who respect one another is the beauty of sport.

I'm not going to get into what you do when you win.

I'm competitive, and I think everybody knows that if you're talking trash, you're gonna get a reaction out of me.

There is no such thing as friends on the field.

The pressure of an India-Pakistan game is immense.

If I can't outplay you in football, I'm gonna fight ya.

I just like to think of everyone as a happy family but in football that just doesn't exist.

The nature of football can bring out the best in people, but it can also bring out the worst in people.

It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them. I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm a competitor.

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

Every time you go for more competition, some people don't like it, but that's the way it is.

I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.

It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.

You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

I enjoy watching competitive people. You watch 'em come and you watch 'em go, and how they try to be the best. How they handle when they're not. How they handle when they are. How they get along together on the court.

Sportsmanship and easygoing methods are all right, but it is the prospect of a hot fight that brings out the crowds.

It's a shame anyone had to lose that. What a great rivalry.

A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.