Games Quotes - Page 86

A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.

The playmakers need to read the game and need to be on the same page as the defenders and the forwards.

Those who know the marvels of chess and wonder why this game of all games does not enjoy greater popularity may also ask why Pepsi-Cola is consumed by more people than Chateau Lafite, or the Beatles are more familiar than Beethoven.

Man's most serious activity is play.

I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self.

Life is a positive-sum game. Everyone from the gold medallist to the last finisher can rejoice in a personal victory.

To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me.

When you play the game for fun, it's fun. When you play it for a living, it's a game of sorrows.

I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do.

The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.

I'm very confident I'm one of the best to ever play the game, but once you talk about the greatest, how can you define greatest?

I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.

Ronaldo is a disgrace to the game. His petulance, temperament, throwing himself on the ground. It was a disgrace to professional football. This fella Ronaldo is a cod.

Over my career, I've had to adjust my game.

All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.

If the Super Bowl is really the ultimate game, why do they play it again next year?

We all understand what we signed up for, but then again, you don't want this to be a game that puts people in wheelchairs at age 40.

I'd like for y'all to meet the love of my life, her name's the game.

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.

All sports are games of inches.

Baseball is the best announcer game, the game that I first enjoyed playing, and the game I had a passion for.

Every game I played against Henri Richard, he'd come up to behind me at some point and say, 'My brother's better than your brother.'

I'm a big guy so I have to keep my muscles loose. So I do a lot of stretching before the game. I'll do about 10-15 minutes of yoga just to loosen up my body, get warm and get ready to play.

Everyone on the bench stands for the man coming out of the game.

The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke.