Adam Silver Quotes

Swimming and all other sports have got to get to that place where you have the trust of the people watching it.

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.

I knew I wasn't going to play for the NBA.

I myself am frustrated in just where sports are at. It's a hard thing when you're out there working every day, and you know that someone else is cheating and they may not necessarily get caught.

I'm going to be honest, playing in D-League games is tough.

The integrity of the game is everything.

I've played in small markets; I've played in big markets. For me, basketball is inside the arena. It doesn't recognize what market you're in. It's about wins and losses, and that's the way I approach it.

I'm a basketball guy. No sitcom guy. I don't care about all that jazz. I care about basketball. It's not me. And I stayed with what I did, and I'm very proud that I did that because I make a great living and I'm lucky and I get to be involved with the thing I truly love, and that's the game of basketball.

Guys like Alvin Adams, Sweet D Walter Davis, Larry Nance, and Kyle Macy became my basketball heroes.

I really like to play to squash, because it's competitive, and I like basketball. I'm friends with a guy in L.A. called Andrew Bynum, who used to play for the L.A. Lakers NBA team. We play together sometimes.

Major League Baseball is doing everything to make the game as clean as possible.

I have a casual interest in the NBA.

Basketball is like society - you're going to have good and bad.

I follow basketball, so I kind of know who LaVar Ball is; you know, I know his son Lonzo.

I think Isaiah Thomas has been a really nice player for the Kings.

As a former NCAA basketball player, many of the skills I now rely on as a leader took root on the basketball court: teamwork, integrity, and resilience are just some of the traits I've carried over into my professional game.

If I sit here and say I don't agree with VAR, I'd be lying.

I always was intrigued by the N.B.A.

I would like to dunk on Shaq.

Even since I've been in the NBA, a lot has changed with the game.

I was one of the best players in the NBA.

I had a great job with the Knicks.

We all have learned throughout our careers that there are ups and downs in the NBA.

Some kids have lifelong dreams of wanting to play in the NBA.