A Quote by Lin Dan

Badminton is a cruel sport.

Lin Dan

Quote Topics

Badminton Cruel Sport

Quote Author

Lin Dan
Chinese - Athlete
Born: October 14, 1983

I think badminton has a real legacy with more youngsters taking up the sport. Badminton has done really well in that regard compared to other sports.

Rajiv Ouseph

What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.

Rajiv Ouseph

Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.

Saina Nehwal

I was very different from other badminton players. I did not bring badminton home. I wouldn't eat, sleep, drink badminton or talk about it to friends.

Jwala Gutta

When I was a junior, my school introduced badminton, which was clearly a P.E. department ploy to get me away from the wrestling room, and it worked, since the first time I played badminton was like the first time I tasted sushi or heard the Beatles or read Wordsworth. This was a sport? This counted for gym requirements?

Rob Sheffield

I love badminton. That's my sport!

Olga Kurylenko

Badminton is not a popular sport in India.

Saina Nehwal

Obviously, you need talent to do well in your sport, but I think hard work goes a long way. You need to be lucky within the sport too, though. In badminton, you can benefit from good draws and people getting injured.

Rajiv Ouseph

If not badminton, I would have played some other sport.

Jwala Gutta

Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change.

Howard Bach

It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.

Lin Dan

Of course, in China, there's already plenty of people who like badminton. I'm hoping more foreigners, Americans, and other countries can get into this sport.

Lin Dan

I hope the BWF (Badminton World Federation) will seriously do something about the Olympic qualifying format or risk getting badminton dropped from the Games.

Taufik Hidayat

There is talk that badminton may not make it as a sport in the 2020 Olympics. We must bear in mind that other sports are strongly lobbying to be included.

Taufik Hidayat

Boxing is a dangerous, cruel sport. I love the sport, but I don't want to see my kids in the ring, potentially being hurt, with me not being able to do nothing to help them.

Terence Crawford

I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport.

Rajiv Ouseph

A Quote by Lin Dan

Quote Topics

Quote Author

Related Quotes

Related Authors