I have to confess I'm addicted to Sky Sports News. Just the music can pull me in. And then whether it's badminton in the Czech Republic, snail pushing or mole hopping, I'm hooked.
Andrew Buchan
When I'm not singing, I'm a lot of persons: I'm a producer. I'm a badminton player. I'm a writer. I'm a movie freak. I'm a documentary maker.
Arijit Singh
I'm a sports lover. Not just cricket - I play badminton and football, too. When I get some time off, I prefer to play sports rather than working out.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
I'm a chilled-out guy, and I really like sports and to play badminton and squash.
Bobby Deol
Outside boxing, I did well in cross country competitions and I won a schoolboys' doubles badminton tournament at once. I was pleased because it was a hobby to me.
Chris Eubank Jr.
In England I played everything - swimming, athletics, football, rugby, badminton, cricket - all of that stuff. I was in the first teams for all the sports at Brighton, played on the wing in rugby, and ran 100m, 200m, 400m, and did long jump and even the javelin at one point. In the States I did a bit of track, but mainly I was there for the boxing.
From the start, all I did was play football. I briefly played badminton and won a tournament when I was 12, but really, it was always football.
Christian Eriksen
Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.
Deepika Padukone
Those who play badminton well take decisions quickly.
Dmitry Medvedev
I don't care about movies. I tend to play badminton once a week.
Edward Witten
Despite the fact that every sport this side of badminton worries about concussions that result in brain damage, CTE, the National Hockey League refuses to accept the overwhelming medical science. Good grief - the NHL still permits fights.
Frank Deford
In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton - two sports every season - and I was named female athlete of the year twice.
Gail Kim
I did everything - swimming, dancing, and badminton as well as tennis. It was always tennis that I really loved, though.
Heather Watson
Don Chew is the owner of the Orange County Badminton Club, the location where I train. He played badminton when he was young and always had the passion for it. He never made it at the international level, but he wanted to give back to the sport. The majority of the elite players train at Orange County Badminton Club.
Howard Bach
We do the majority of what most athletes do. For example, as a badminton player, you have to be able to run a long distance and sprint. We do weights three times a week.
If it's not televised, there's no way Americans will know about competitive badminton. All they know is the back-yard thing.
Badminton in Beijing is huge - it's one of their top three sports.
Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change.
My brother was playing hockey, tennis, badminton... I basically copied everything he did.
Isa Guha
I used to play badminton in winter.
We used to go cycling as a family every weekend. I played basketball, cricket, badminton, and was half-decent at them.
I was a child badminton wizard.
I work better under pressure. I was the local badminton champion when I was a kid, and there was another girl who used to thrash me for the five days leading up to the tournament and then I would just nail her to the floor in the competition.
I played hockey, as most girls who go to convent schools in Ireland do, as well as table tennis and badminton - all the rock 'n' roll sports.
In badminton, they use a lot from the wrist. But I use a lot from the shoulder.
Badminton is not only about winning. What is important to me is about playing hard, doing my best and putting up a good show for the spectators.
The biggest problem for badminton is wind direction and lighting. If those problems are not solved, it seriously impacts players' performances on the court. If a high-level player's performance is affected by these factors, they suffer setbacks and cannot be fully satisfied on the court.
Badminton is a cruel sport.
It should not all be about badminton.
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.
I love badminton, and representing China is an honour for me.
I hope wholeheartedly that badminton will be as popular and respected as tennis one day.
Before I turned 30, through a lot of hard work and support, I won many badminton titles. But after turning 30, Lin Dan should change that mindset and start in a new direction and do things that are more meaningful.
Many people, including those from the BWF, don't really understand what the main problems in badminton are and what it most needs because many officials are not competitors.
It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.
Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
I love badminton. That's my sport!
There will be many obstacles in the pursuit of your dreams. I had long hours of training, balancing studies and badminton.
I went to school like any other regular student till Class VIII, and my favourite subject was math. From Class IX, things got a little difficult to manage. I was inclined towards studies, but then I also had to give time to badminton.
Women's badminton has become so competitive.
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.
I've always wanted to be in journalism. I even started a course at Loughborough doing media studies. I like all sports, and I am keen on writing. But I thought that while I was still young, I ought to make a real go of it at badminton. So I have put all my focus on playing sport instead of writing about it.
I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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.
In countries like China and Indonesia, badminton is like a religion. Players get mobbed in the street. In China, it is a national sport, and Lin Dan, their star player, is treated like David Beckham.
Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
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.
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.
I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.
Badminton will gain momentum in a big manner after my win in Olympics. More players will participate in the game now.
