Explore the value of

Sportsmanship

Our national billboard campaign features positive role models and uplifting values including sportsmanship. Since we started in 2000, we've made over 70 billboards. Which one is your favorite?

See All Billboards

Watch our sportsmanship television commercial

See All PSAs

SPORTSMANSHIP QUOTATIONS

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

Knute Rockne

"If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching."

Bob Ley

"Victory is in the quality of the competition, not just the final score."

Mike Marshall

"Somewhere behind the athlete you've become and the hours of practice and the coaches who have pushed you is a little girl who fell in love with the game and never looked back... play for her."

Mia Hamm

"The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are at their worst."

Martina Navrátilová

"Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates."

Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr.

"Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can't tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way."

James Spencer "Jim" Courier

"Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game."

Gary Gygax

"Victory is remembered for at most two decades; an act of good sportsmanship is remembered for a lifetime."

Simon Nguyen

"Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The opportunity to play."

Mike Singletary

"You don’t inspire your teammates by showing them how amazing you are. You inspire them by showing them how amazing they are."

Robyn Benincasa

"It is your response to winning and losing that makes you a winner or a loser. "

Harry Sheehy

See All Inspirational Quotes Subscribe to Our Daily Quote Email

Explore Another Value

A BETTER LIFE ACCEPTANCE ACHIEVEMENT ADVENTURE AMBITION AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL APPRECIATING NATURE APPRECIATION BE A LIGHT BEING THERE BELIEVE BELIEVE IN YOURSELF BE SUPER BETTER TOGETHER BRAVERY BREAKING BARRIERS CARING CHANGE CHARACTER CHARITY CHEER CIVILITY CLASS AND GRACE COMMITMENT COMMON GROUND COMMUNITY COMPASSION COMPLIMENTS COMPROMISE CONFIDENCE CONNECTION COURAGE COURTESY CREATIVITY CURIOSITY DEDICATION DETERMINATION DEVOTION DISCOVERY DONT DRIVE DISTRACTED DO THY BEST DO YOUR PART DREAM DRIVE EDUCATION EMPATHY ENCOURAGEMENT EQUALITY EXCELLENCE EXPLORING FAMILY FITNESS FORESIGHT FORGIVENESS FREEDOM FRIENDSHIP GENEROSITY GET ALONG GET OUTSIDE GIVING GIVING BACK GOOD EXAMPLES GOOD MANNERS GOODNESS GRATITUDE GREAT MUSIC GRIT HAPPINESS HARD WORK HARMONY HEALTH HEART HELPING OTHERS HONESTY HONOR HOPE HUMANITY HUMILITY HUMOR IMAGINATION IMAGINE INCLUDING OTHERS INCLUSION INGENUITY INITIATIVE INNOVATION INSPIRATION INTEGRITY JOY JUSTICE KINDNESS LAUGHTER LEADERSHIP LEARN AS YOU GO LEARNING LISTENING LITERACY LIVE LIFE LIVE YOUR DREAMS LOVE LOYALTY MAKING A DIFFERENCE MENTORING MINDFULNESS MOTIVATION NEVER EVER GIVE UP OPPORTUNITY OPTIMISM OUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD OVERCOMING PARENTING PASSION PATIENCE PEACE PERSEVERANCE PERSISTENCE PERSPECTIVE PIONEERING PLEASE AND THANK YOU PRACTICE PREPARATION PRESS FORWARD PULL TOGETHER PURPOSE REACHING OUT RECOVERY RESCUE SOMEONE RESILIENCE RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY RIGHT CHOICES RISING ABOVE SACRIFICE SECOND CHANCE SELF-CARE SELFLESSNESS SERVICE SHARING SMILE SOUL SPORTSMANSHIP SPREAD YOUR WINGS STAY CALM STEWARDSHIP STRENGTH SUPPORT TEACHING BY EXAMPLE TEAMWORK THANK A TEACHER THANK YOU TRAINING TRUE BEAUTY TRUE CHAMPION TRUST UNITY VISION VOLUNTEERING WISDOM WONDER YOU GOT THIS

Pass It On®

  email

Your Comments

Sportsmanship, Pass it on.

Bucky from Bullard,Tx
October 17, 2016

Watching this commercial right now as I type on my home TV. I enjoyed it immensely. I wish I had learned this lesson more while in HS sports.

Ariel from Wisconsin
October 25, 2013

strikes goes to the glove

pete from ard
October 3, 2013

Pain is temporary, pride is forever. Don't sit and complain about losing that game, be proud that you were able to compete and respect the other competitors.

John from Canada
April 2, 2013

Life is too short to care about winning or losing. It doesnt matter, life is too valuable to waste so just live your life to the fullest, live like you were dying.

Austin from pennsylvania
March 27, 2013

Be fair.

austin from pennsylvania
March 22, 2013

Life is to short to care if you win our lose.

austin from pennsylvania
March 22, 2013

I think sportsmanship is good because it makes people feel good even if they lost and a team wins it's always good to encourage somebody!

precious from bristol pa
March 22, 2013

No one likes to lose but it's part of life.

Austin from pennsylvania
March 22, 2013

To win without honor is to lose.

David C. from Maine
May 22, 2011

When you are playing a sport always remember you will always be a winner no matter if you are loosing the game or winning. As long as you are having fun, you all are winners.

Austin from Tennessee
March 22, 2011

awesome

gghg from ny
January 31, 2011

I love the TV ads. They often bring a tear to my eyes.

Davido, H. from Arvada
November 9, 2010

I'm just a kid doing his homework, but while doing my homework I realized that this is a really great website. I might become a big fan.

Alex,H from Sanfrancisco,Ca
October 7, 2010

I've seen many of the value commercials and I love them all. These may be the only character building some of our children ever get to see. Thank you Foundation for a Better Life.

B Smith from Muncie, IN
July 7, 2010

Sportmanship is not only for sports. It is human nature when having done something stupid we think how can I spin this in my favor but most can't live with a lie and will own up and you feel better and build a realationship of trust.

Randy N from Blaine MN.
March 17, 2010

I just saw a commercial. It had to be one of the BEST EVER!!! I know it had a GREAT message!!

Robbie F. from SC
January 4, 2010

Hi - I was very encouraged to see the billboard along 7th avenue in NYC referencing sportsmanship! Although I am a Physical Therapist, I had to stop working at this profession due to a chronic back injury. I started a business that spotlights sportsmanship. Although it is a passion of mine, it is slow in gaining recognition. Thanks!

Richard D. from Long Island, NY
October 14, 2009

Share your comment below

Note: All comments are reviewed before posting.