Zico Quotes

The object of golf is not just to win. It is to play like a gentleman, and win.

I remember my late father, who was the biggest football fan I have ever known, used to stress when I was younger that, win or lose, you always have to compete with honor.

My kids have played sports all their life, and one thing I've tried to teach them when you lose, you try to be a gentleman about it.

I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it.

I play the game the right way.

I can not express more the importance of treating your teammates, opponents and coaches with the utmost respect.

Good sportsmanship goes beyond the game; it starts with respect.

When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you could not be a good loser, then there's no way you could be a good winner.

We must look after football and to do what it is necessary to bring to the game the best ethical values and personal behaviour.

You earn the respect of your peers that you play against, and they don't trash talk you.

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

The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.

You have to respect all your competitors.

I think sportsmanship is knowing that it is a game, that we are only as a good as our opponents, and whether you win or lose, to always give 100 percent.

I even believe if you're killing a team, you shouldn't stop. You should respect your opponents enough to play 100 percent the whole time. And by the same token, if you're getting killed by the other team, you should never quit.

We do not kick a man in the stomach after we’ve licked him.

It's nice when you can have that battle on the pitch and then there's respect after the game because, ultimately, you are just trying to do your best.

I always try to shine the spotlight on what's happening on the field and not what's coming out of my mouth.

There's a lot of talented guys, but there's not a lot of guys that play the game that right way.

If it is written for me to lose, I'll lose with dignity and give credit.

We will respect all our opponents, as we always do.

We don't ever show up trying to throw games.

You have to respect the opponent as much as possible.

If you are a great guy with your competitors, with your colleagues, it is always good, even on the race track and off it.

I care about the integrity of the game.