Remember the game is the thing, and he who thinketh otherwise is no true sportsman. From LearnThat.org. [Unknown]
You have at last become prudent: you are no longer what you call a sportsman: you are a sensible coward, almost a grown-up man. From Wordnik.com. [Back to Methuselah] Reference
A good sportsman is who plays the game fairly and admits the defeat gracefully. From Wordnik.com. [Preston: Top Clinton supporters ready to help Obama] Reference
(And what happened to non-fiction writing in sportsman's magazines?) 0 Good Comment?. From Wordnik.com. [Brokeback Tree Stand] Reference
Cameron Parish in Southwest Louisiana, hard up against the Texas line was what everyone called a sportsman's paradise. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2005] Reference
As someone posted a while back, I believe a feller named Dennis, the most important thing we can do as sportsman is to teach young folks. From Wordnik.com. [Firearms Superlatives, Part II] Reference
Englishman demands that his friend shall be a "sportsman" -- the Turk is, the Greek is not. From Wordnik.com. [Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921] Reference
He is not a sportsman, which is a pity, for he should make good one. From Wordnik.com. [Three Men on the Bummel] Reference
The sportsman is a bird of prey; hence, like all birds of prey, his habits are silent and solitary. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
In sports, taking the high road in dealing with opponents and adversity is often called sportsman ... ". From Wordnik.com. [Traverse City Record-Eagle Home] Reference
Lord Rosebery, the other Prime Minister I have just mentioned, was perhaps better known as a sportsman than a politician. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years in the British House of Commons] Reference
He was also that which is vaguely called a sportsman, and was ready to take a legitimate risk not only cheerfully, but with joy. From Wordnik.com. [The Isle of Unrest] Reference
Simple folk fancy that "sport" must be a joyous pursuit, and that a sportsman is a jovial, light-hearted, and rather innocent person. From Wordnik.com. [The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour] Reference
A true sportsman is ALSO a conservationist. From Wordnik.com. [Man made global warming? No way!] Reference
Golfing sportsman is right you need a mentor. From Wordnik.com. [okay, im new to hunting, what kind of equipment should i have?] Reference
I agree w/Clay on this one, they need some more 'sportsman' at these meetings, not cops. From Wordnik.com. [CT Deer Managers Feel Threatened By Animal-Right Activists] Reference
Thanks for letting the rest of the world see just what kind of sportsman we really are!!!. From Wordnik.com. [Exclusive Video: Is This the Walking Record Whitetail?] Reference
It was best known as a sportsman’s paradise, and had been since the nineteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [The Whisperers] Reference
Esau, a sportsman, is ready to perish for hunger. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Hypocrisy runs deep in the so-called "sportsman" subculture. From Wordnik.com. [All Today's News - Sightline Daily] Reference
I asked, for I used the word "sportsman" to mean so many things. From Wordnik.com. [Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate] Reference
"I am not what is called a sportsman in this country, Mr. Inspector. From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrious Prince] Reference
In the first place, the very sense of the word "sportsman" was different. From Wordnik.com. [The Charm of Oxford] Reference
I've always understood "sportsman" to symbolize something beyond just the best player. From Wordnik.com. [Bats] Reference
Of all gamblers by profession the "sportsman" of the Mississippi Valley is perhaps the most picturesque. From Wordnik.com. [The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West] Reference
Whatever, he has now well and truly crossed the line from 'sportsman' to 'celeb' and not entirely happily so. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Ah, the life of a sportsman is a fine one. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Mauro wants to remind people that Joe Biden has treated a few Supreme Court nominees a little shabbily.] Reference
"sportsman" buried another big catch on the beach of Superior. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest] Reference
Your schedule is packed, but you are known to be a sportsman. From Wordnik.com. [Forming the Faith] Reference
(IBM, more corporation than sportsman, has refused a rematch.). From Wordnik.com. [He Lost It] Reference
Unfortunate doctor, unfortunate gendarmes, unfortunate sportsman!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"He needs time to mature as a person and a sportsman," says Seve. From Wordnik.com. [A Spanish Blast] Reference
"I am a sportsman of the democratic game," said the former Khmer Rouge. From Wordnik.com. [Giving Peace A Chance] Reference
Frenchie, an avid sportsman who had been hanging around fire stations since he was 13, was silent. From Wordnik.com. [‘It Looked Like Hell Was Burning’] Reference
I had never been a sportsman in my life; had scarcely ever gone in search of game, and rarely seen any when looking for it. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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