Sporting Honor Quotes

I swim for myself. I love it, I have fun, and just representing my country is the greatest honor I could ever have.

Get picked for an Ashes Test at Lord's and you know you're going to meet the Queen. She arrived before the start of our game against Australia in 2013 and we lined up for inspection like the household cavalry on Horse Guards Parade.

To be called up to the national team is what you want.

If, by any chance, I get to perform, then it would be a great honor for me. Especially because performing in the Olympics in your country doesn't happen to many skaters.

The number 7 shirt is an honor and a responsibility. I hope it brings me a lot of luck.

When you wear the jersey of some clubs, you have this pressure every day. It's not the case in Tottenham.

Growing up, I watched softball and U.S.A .softball, and that was my goal of being able to represent my country and wear the red, white, and blue out there, and I think it is one of the highest honors to be able to go out there and compete for your country, and it was something so very special, and it was everything I dreamt of and more.

To know that you will be in the International Sports Hall of Fame and that people for hundreds of years will know who you are and what you did, it means everything.

I've always said that there's a bit of a different sense of pride when you're playing for your national team.

Making my England debut was a massive achievement.

Every time I step onto the field, I think of my parents. It's such an honor to represent them and my family.

I'm proud, privileged, and overwhelmed by how many times I've played for England.

I want to be remembered as a guy who goes out and represents the art of jiu-jitsu.

I have always said that to play for the national team is a pride and a great motivation.

To play for the national team is the most beautiful thing there is.

To be on the world stage carrying our flag and representing the U.S. Paralympic Team is a huge honor.

I can honestly say that there's nothing more beautiful for a sportsperson that to play for his or her country, regardless of the tournament or the location.

To represent one's own country is one of the biggest achievements a footballer can get.

When The Queen invited the Olympians to the Palace, I was first in line to speak to her. She said she watched the Games and how happy she was, how impressed she was with the boxing. She told me she'd watched my fight and enjoyed it. I didn't realise the effect I'd had on the whole country.

Emirates Stadium should be named after Arsene Wenger

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland.

I have been massively proud to have played for and, indeed, captain my country on the cricket field.

It is a really proud feeling to get my first Test cap.