Adam Silver Quotes

Ultimately, the issue is not whether you are pro- or anti-sports betting. You begin, from my standpoint, from the premise that it is going to continue to exist, and if it is going to continue to exist, should it be shoved underground, or should it be regulated?

Adam Silver

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• The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • People
  • Man
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• I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.

  

  Larry Hagman
  • Sports
  • Television
  • News

• In sports, teams win and individuals don't.

  

  Fran Tarkenton
  • Sports
  • Win
  • Individuals

• On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the four major U.S. sports leagues.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • History
  • Star
  • Sports

• You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • You
  • Sports
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• Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • People
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• I'm not a girly girl. I go to the bar. I like to get dirty. I love sports. I'm like the son my dad never had.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Like
  • Sports
  • Dirty

• Life is about timing.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • Life
  • Sports
  • Timing

• Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • World
  • Game
  • Best

• If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Life
  • Work
  • Sports

• I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Up
  • Game
  • Cool

• I'd just like to be good at sports. I'm extremely competitive with absolutely nothing to back it up.

  

  Kaitlin Olson
  • Up
  • Good
  • Sports

• Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Music
  • Game
  • Sports

• The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • Today
  • Game
  • Car

• My childhood was a happy one. I was captain of the school sports team and played cricket after class. I had five younger siblings and a large loving family that lived together. We are still very close.

  

  Naeem Khan
  • School
  • Family
  • Together

• It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • World
  • Music
  • Crazy

• Males have probably always enjoyed watching the defeat of other males, but without the invention of numerals and the subsequent invention of the concept of keeping score, we could never have had a million sports channels.

  

  Patricia Marx
  • Sports
  • Without
  • Defeat

• Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

  

  Carlos Slim
  • Money
  • Culture
  • Education

• My work ethic is from sports.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • Work
  • Sports
  • Work Ethic

• Girls are supposed to be feminine and demure. Comedy isn't about that, so you just have to unlearn it. Certain women are so pretty, they can't go weird enough to be funny. You have to be willing to be ugly. I'm lucky my face can look so hideous.

  

  Jennifer Coolidge
  • Women
  • Pretty
  • Funny

• The professionals must set a good example.

  

  A. Bartlett Giamatti
  • Good
  • Example
  • Good Example

• Wisconsin's a special place.

  

  Brett Favre

• My dad was a Republican. My mom - my mom was mostly a Republican, although she voted for McGovern over Nixon. She was really proud of that. She also did, however, work for Trent Lott.

  

  Jennifer Palmieri
  • Work
  • She
  • Dad

• Ultimately, the issue is not whether you are pro- or anti-sports betting. You begin, from my standpoint, from the premise that it is going to continue to exist, and if it is going to continue to exist, should it be shoved underground, or should it be regulated?

  

  Adam Silver
  • Sports