Question: The coach explained respect to the players before the game against the worst team in the league, he didn't want his players to what to the opponents?

Choices: 
- belittle
- contemn
- diss
- castrate
- disregard

The rationale to choose "belittle" as the answer is that: 

respect is parts of good sportsmanship which also means the coach doesn't want his players to belittle them.