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title: "5 Sporting Spirit Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/serious-sport-has-nothing-to-do-with-fair-play-it-is-bound-up-with/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [I want to help all those youngsters in Nagpur who have fire and sporting spirit burning inside them and not merely those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sangram-singh/i-want-to-help-all-those-youngsters-in-nagpur-who-have-fire-and/)

[Sangram Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sangram-singh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/sangram-singh-5836_burning-inside_i-want-to-help-all-those-youngsters-in-n_686752.jpg)

> [The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-de-coubertin/the-important-thing-is-that-all-stages-from-adolescent-to-mature-man/)

[Pierre de Coubertin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-de-coubertin/)

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> [Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lincoln-steffens/chicago-will-give-you-a-chance-the-sporting-spirit-is-the-spirit-of/)

[Lincoln Steffens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lincoln-steffens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/lincoln-steffens-10842_chance_chicago-will-give-you-a-chance-the-sport_1549676.png)

> [Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/savielly-tartakower/whenever-black-succeeds-in-assuming-the-initiative-in-maintaining-it/)

[Savielly Tartakower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/savielly-tartakower/)

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