Adam Silver famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Let me be clear: Any new approach must ensure the integrity of the game. One of my most important responsibilities as commissioner of the NBA is to protect the integrity of professional basketball and preserve public confidence in the league and our sport. I oppose any course of action that would compromise these objectives. But I believe that sports betting should be brought out of the underground and into the sunlight where it can be appropriately monitored and regulated
-- Adam Silver

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We didn't see [the NBA lockout] as a victory at all. It was far from what we set it out to accomplish in bargaining, but I thought it was a fair compromise.
-- Adam Silver

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We want to get to a point where Twitter highlights lead to purchase of a live game
-- Adam Silver

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I love the flow of the game. There's a certain fluidity to basketball. I don't enjoy watching baseball or football in the same way.
If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession, he will develop from year to year. This much is true, no coach has a monopoly on the knowledge of basketball. There are no secrets in the game. The only secrets, if there are any, are good teaching of sound fundamentals, intelligent handling of men, a sound system of play, and the ability to instill in the boys a desire to win.
Your defense will save you on the nights that your offense isn't working.
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.
I've always envied the kind of coach who could go completely out of his mind and nobody would know the difference.
The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.
George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world. He promised to restore honor and integrity to the White House. Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest president since Richard M. Nixon.
We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.
You are in integrity when the life you are living on the outside matches who you are on the inside.

Adam Silver famous quotes

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