“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” ShouldBelieveImportantActionCoursesGamesI BelieveSportsResponsibilityClearIntegrityProtectBasketballApproachLet MeObjectivesCompromisePreservesLeagueNbaSunlightBettingSports BettingNew ApproachCommissioners Author:Adam Silver
“I know what I did and how I accomplished it. I am proud of it and know that it was done with integrity.” KnowsDoneSportsProudIntegrityAccomplished Author:Brady Anderson
“Part of the beauty and much of the moral seriousness of sport derives from the severe justice of strenuous play in a circumscribed universe of rules that protect the integrity of competition. Records are worth recording, and worth striving to surpass, because they serve as benchmarks of excellence achieved under the pressure of competition.” PlayUniverseSportsJusticeMoralRecordsIntegrityProtectPressureCompetitionExcellenceStriveSevereSeriousness Book:With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002 Source: With a Happy Eye, But...: America and the World, 1997--2002
“Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.” MenCharacterSportsAnimalCompassionVirtueHonestyIntegrityCreaturesFellowsKillingCrueltyTortureVeganAnimal RightsHuntingVegetarianismVeganismAmusingCriminal MindAnimal WelfareAnimal CrueltyAnimal LoveWild AnimalVegetarian HealthAnimal WorldPet AnimalsAnimal CompassionAnimal AbuseAnimal TestingKilling AnimalsCompassion Towards AnimalsSmall CreaturesWild CreaturesKilling A ManWild ManOpen Season Author:James Anthony Froude
“You see, in sports you have so many things that aren't expected. There's so much uncertainty. So when players find themselves in a situation where management has a great deal of integrity and they can depend on my word or anybody else's word in the organization, they feel secure. And if the players feel secure, they don't want to leave here. And if they don't want to leave here, they're going to do everything they can on the court to stay here.” IfsWantFeelsSportsDealsSituationPlayerDependsIntegrityOrganizationManagementCourtExpectedSecureUncertainty Author:Red Auerbach
“A sport has its own built-in integrity, doesn't need an artificial one. Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished and manipulated by people with agendas.” PeopleNeedsSportsIntegrityBuiltAgendasCarrieArtificialAthletics Author:Chris Crutcher
“I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me. I like the 'let's forget our troubles and have some excitement' approach. I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.” FirstsSportsForgetTroubleIntegrityApproachRegardEntertainmentConvincedExcitementDryDocumentariesAccuracyNarration Author:Jack Brickhouse