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

Seriously, the Olympic badminton players were apparently trying to lose on purpose, a big story. But really, think about it, if you train day…

— Conan O'Brien

I'm a sports lover. Not just cricket - I play badminton and football, too. When I get some time off, I prefer to play…

— Bhuvneshwar Kumar

“We know summer is the height of of being alive. We don't believe in God or the prospect of an afterlife mostly, so we…

— Gary Shteyngart

I watch a lot of badminton, and as a result, I know more or less about the forms of most of the players.

— Taapsee Pannu

When badminton was accepted into the Barcelona Olympic Games it showed that there was an acceptance of my sport internationally.

— Rhonda Cator

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,…

— Rob Sheffield

There is talk that badminton may not make it as a sport in the 2020 Olympics. We must bear in mind that other sports…

— Taufik Hidayat

I have been following badminton for quite some time, and I know most of the Indian players personally.

— Taapsee Pannu

Badminton is not a popular sport in India.

— Saina Nehwal

One thing you never hear is "Man that guy is good at badminton".

— Demetri Martin

Women's badminton has become so competitive.

— P. V. Sindhu

Besides being a national level basketball champion, I have played a lot of other sports like volleyball, badminton, kho-kho, and kabbadi.

— Urvashi Rautela

Rejuvenation of younger players should be the job of the Indonesian Badminton Association. But local competitions will help identify new talent.

— Taufik Hidayat

From the start, all I did was play football. I briefly played badminton and won a tournament when I was 12, but really, it…

— Christian Eriksen

I played hockey, as most girls who go to convent schools in Ireland do, as well as table tennis and badminton - all the…

— Laura Whitmore