Robert Baden-Powell

A man who risks his life in shooting big game in order to secure good specimens for natural history collections, or to rid a district of a man-eater or other dangerous neighbor, is a sportsman in the true sense.

English Soldier

Gary Lineker

I think medically, football is generally well looked after. There are always checks made. Anything which can be done to make footballers or sportsmen of any area safer has to be encouraged.

English Footballer

David Beckham

Kids can have great passion and great ability but if you have the facilities for your particular sport that can give you the inspiration to become a sportsman.

Gary Neville

For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.

English Athlete

Jeev Milkha Singh

Injuries is a part of a sportsmen life; you have to live with it. You can't be down with that; it is not gonna help you.

Indian Athlete

Harsha Bhogle

Among sportsmen are the noble, the diligent and the caring, as there are the callous, the cheats and the criminals.

Indian Journalist

Gareth Thomas

As a professional sportsman, working out has always been an important part of my life.

Welsh Athlete

Gennady Golovkin

I love and respect my sport, but I am not a bad guy. First, I am a sportsman.

Kazakhstani Athlete

Thomas Muller

Every sportsman wants success. It is very important.

German Athlete

Saqib Saleem

I was a sportsman and played cricket all my life.

Indian Actor

Used mainly for males; 'sportswoman' is the female equivalent.

Gender Specific

Can refer to someone skilled in sports, not necessarily a paid professional.

Not Always Professional

Implies a person is admired for their athletic skills or achievements.

Respect and Admiration

Emphasizes ethical conduct and fairness over winning.

Fair Play Highlighted

Used metaphorically to mean someone fair and honorable in everyday life.

Beyond the Game

Sportsman can be linked to the idea of sportsmanship, which is celebrated in sports culture.

Sportsmanship Celebration

Not just for organized sports but for someone who loves recreational outdoor activities.

Outdoor Enthusiasm

Often associated with traditional male outdoor activities like hunting.

Traditionally Masculine

Sportsman for hunting/fishing often implies a hobby rather than a profession.

Recreational Context

 who allowed faction and intrigue to rule his court, concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman.

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 tournament they are trying to limit the amount of smaller sharks brought in there's a lot of guys you're getting points for tagging and releasing small sharks which again is going to help with the research in many ways the cooperation between sportsmen and conservationists seems natural both have

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 spread wide open and I think that's a good tactic to have holding on nice and tight so that you don't lose your balance obviously if you had your feet right next to each other you would have very limited movement I suppose it's exactly how a sportsman a hockey player

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 some of the house and get some photos of sportsmen there and this was a lonely difficult day because we went to the maternity hospital before we came here and I always find cheering those hospitals really really uncomfortable it was just a very difficult day and

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 think that the risk that i encounter in driving in day-to-day life in the mundane life is a lot less than high-altitude climbing climbing at the higher elevations on everest in those taba mountains is one of the most dangerous sportsman cannot partake and

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 ELQ numbers seem to be holding steady while at the same time fewer calves seem to be surviving to adulthood local sportsmen who can legally hunt elk who stray from the park don't want competition from wolves but

Wolves vs. Grizzly Bears...

Grizzly Bears vs. Wolves...

 while at the same time fewer calves seem to be surviving to adulthood local sportsmen who can legally hunt elk who stray from the park don't want competition for wolves but wolves are hardly the only hunters of

 millions of ice crystals loosely fit together like a flimsy jigsaw puzzle one hanging over a steep abyss every year there are stories of winter sportsmen who plunged hundreds of feet

On the Edge PIPE Do or Die

 And I also entered the World Championship, and I won there, in 2004. That was great fun, of course. And to defend my title -- like judokas do and sportsmen --