Fair play Quote by George Orwell

“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure…

— George Orwell

“Sports have nothing to do with fair play. They are bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in…

— George Orwell

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure…

— George Orwell

Football offers us a sanitized spectacle of combat that has a clear resolution, which we need more and more today given our incoherent overseas…

— Steve Almond

Football is a sport that provides hostility.

— Nicolas Otamendi

As concerning football, I protest unto you that it may rather be called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation -…

— Anonymous

[Football is] a game that requires the constant conjuring of animosity.

— Vince Lombardi

Playing football can be damn harsh, but every day is a fight for equality.

— Ada Hegerberg

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, and disregard of all the rules.

— George Orwell

Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.

— Rinus Michels

Football, wherein is nothing but beastly fury and extreme violence, whereoth proceedeth hurt, and consequently rancour and malice do remain with them that be…

— Anonymous

I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game:…

— Troy Polamalu