I play the game the right way.
Ultimately, as players, we are inside the tent, and we have got to deal with what happens between the white lines.
Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty.
In England you have a good phrase. It is 'to bring the game into disrepute.
Mike Matheny, Fernando Vina, Edgar Renteria, Mark McGwire and Darryl Kile... before he died. Those guys took me under their wing and taught me the way to play the game the right way.
In the past, you might have said, 'This player is technically not good - let's prey on her.' But now, the game is professional in most countries - you can't just play on that.
I am a physical player, no doubt about that, but a dirty player? That's not my reputation.
I care about the integrity of the game.
There's a lot of talented guys, but there's not a lot of guys that play the game that right way.
I'm just trying to go out there and play the game the right way and lead by example.
It's fool's gold if you are winning games and are not playing the right way.
I've never played for my dad. I played against my dad actually in high school. That was fun, but he taught me how to play the game the right way. Respect the game, give it all you've got and regardless of what happens, have no regrets.
Sportsmanship to me is going out and playing as hard as you can within the rules.
It is embarrassing that a player would give up his career and the chance to compete for the biggest prizes in the game just for money.
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.
I played it right because that's what you're supposed to do - play it right and with respect.
When One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks, not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.
Titanic Thompson and Amarillo Slim would have run from a game with Marty Stanovich. Marty could really play, and he didn't cheat.
We need people in the game to be honest, to call things as they are.
All I can say is that I played the game in true spirit.
I'm more mature. I respect more the game as I should.
In baseball, you can't kill the clock. You've got to give the other man his chance. That's why this is the greatest game.
There is nothing wrong in losing with dignity, it is a part of the game.
If you're good to the game, the game is usually good to you.
The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.
