Lin Dan Quotes

Basketball is like society - you're going to have good and bad.

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it.

I don't think teams play this game to hurt other guys. I don't think that's the story. We don't play this game to hurt one another.

Who cares about winning? We should focus on serving.

The world of sports knows no religious, racial or political differences. Athletes, from whatever land they come, speak the same language. The lessons of competition are lessons for life.

I don't do anything else but play basketball.

We definitely don't want to get in others' way while we're competing.

We're all friends, me and the refs.

Football can help carve a more diverse world.

Everything is always equal between every player; no one is ahead of anyone. Sometimes one player plays, then others play. It's normal at every club, not just Barca.

As a captain, I have to be courageous but I also want to be nice off the pitch.

It's always hard to find the best friends in the locker room because we are all competing against each other - but the real friends you are going to definitely find off the court because we are competitors in between.

I need to go play football. I don't care about anything else.

You don't have to try to hurt people and be angry to be an athlete.

I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college.

You've gotta respect everybody. If they race hard against you, you've got to race hard against them. It's very simple; if there's respect both ways, there's no problem.

Football has to work really hard to put a smile on people's face and not to be so focused on the question of money. Everything is in danger of losing its soul if you're always going to sell out to the highest bidder.

Sports is the common denominator in the world that brings everyone together. If there's any one place in the world where there is equality, it is probably sports. That was something that didn't always exist. We've come a long way in sports. Why can't society use sports as a way to bring people together and create change?

I've played sports pretty much my whole life, and that teaches you how to work with anyone, whether you like that person or you don't, and whether you get along with them or you don't. The circumstances don't matter. Team work is part of life.

My sports were team sports: ice hockey and baseball. The whole team dynamic is similar in business. Leadership is earned - the captain earns that role; it's not because he's the coach's son. These are all things we know, but in today's world, it's not a bad idea to remind ourselves.

I wish I had played team sports. I think every kid should. Teamwork builds character - teaches people about leadership and cooperation.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.

The best kids are going to become the best. But the best thing about it is that you're going to learn lessons in playing those sports about winning and losing and teamwork and teammates and arguments and everything else that are going to affect you positively for the rest of your life.