I ran track. I ran cross country. But I did not play organized basketball in high school, at least on our team. But I played a lot of sports.
— Adam Silver
While, to me, daily fantasy is in no way sports betting, it's certainly a cousin of sports betting in that it attracts many of the same type of people who would otherwise choose to bet on sports.
Swimming and all other sports have got to get to that place where you have the trust of the people watching it.
— Adam Peaty
My brother Barry was into all sports, and so was my late father. For me, hockey was the one sport I loved and played. I didn't really pay much attention to the other sports.
— Adam F. Goldberg
I still feel that in India we look upon sports as a recreational activity - which it is - but people have to understand that there is a career in sports. It's not just necessary to be a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer, as most of us Indians appear to think that our children should grow up to be.
— Abhishek Bachchan
Between yellow ribbon magnets, patriotic anthems at sports games and corporate marketing campaigns, the rhetoric that those in uniform are protecting freedom is hammered into the psyche of Americans at every turn.
— Abby Martin
I know my game pretty well, and that is the secret to success in most sports.
— AB de Villiers
There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.
— Aaron Sorkin
I've got to be honest and say that, growing up, I wasn't a big sports guy, but I love the camaraderie. I just love people getting together, fighting for a team and getting super-emotional about it.
— Aaron Paul
Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.
— A. Bartlett Giamatti
I would say I was into two sports as a kid: basketball and baseball.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are forced to play in something called the 'Quicken Loans Arena.' This is a terrible name for a sports venue.
— Adam Schlesinger
I think it wouldn't be wise to lose the best years of my sports career at university.
— Adam Ondra
Any time guys move to 'Raw' and 'SmackDown,' I think that is what has kept NXT so relevant and has kept the fans so invested because they are now conditioned that whoever leaves or comes in, NXT, as a product, is going to give really exciting sports entertainment every time.
— Adam Cole
When you're a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how you play. When you are getting out of pro sports, you suddenly have to get a little more mindful of what's going on around you and how you affect the rest of the world.
— Abby Wambach
In all kinds of sports, you have to get the confidence going within before you can start proving people wrong or right.
I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre.
— Aaron Tveit
I've gotten to know a lot of great people here in all the different sports. It's fun. It's fun to get involved where you live. And this is where I live. I'm a registered voter here. I have my Wisconsin driver's license.
— Aaron Rodgers
I watch a lot of sport on television. I only watch certain sports, and I only watch them live - I don't think I've ever been able to watch a replay of a match or game of which the result was already decided. I feel bound to cheat and look up what can be looked up.
— A. S. Byatt
I watch college basketball and sports in general. I'm also a runner. I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan near Central Park, so I try to squeeze in runs through Central Park when I can.
I enjoyed playing the other sports. I just sucked at them.
— Adam Rippon
I was a bouncer, if you can believe it for a while in a sports bar. I let everybody in.
— Adam Granduciel
I think every school in the world should have a sports program.
The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.
I often speak about tennis being one of the most important sports when I was growing up, for my hand-eye coordination and quick feet.
I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
I was on the snowboard team at my school, but that was the only sports team I was on. I played soccer growing up in elementary school.
You just can't compare the WWE to anything else when it comes to sports entertainment. There is nothing like the WWE, nothing like this machine I am working for and I'm proud to work for.
— A.J. Styles
