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Quotes About Games

We old athletes carry the disfigurements and markings of contests remembered only by us and no one else. Nothing is more lost than a forgotten game.
~ Pat Conroy
I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a sport in general.
~ Viswanathan Anand
As you know, the thing that I know the least about is the topic of sports.
~ John Hodgman
I knew I was never going to play professional sport, but I loved playing and I went to all the games I could afford to.
~ Spike Lee
Counting both times I cheated this week I won at solitaire twice.
~ Mary Virginia Micka
I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own.
~ Mikhail Botvinnik
When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.
~ Jane McGonigal
In this drawing we just let our imagination run wild. We visualized Superman toys, games, and a radio show - that was before TV - and Superman movies. We even visualized Superman billboards. And it's all come true.
~ Joe Shuster
Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods, and defend himself against his enemies, and win in the contest". Thus
~ Johan Huizinga
In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.
~ Gene Tunney
I see a future in which games once again are explicitly designed to improve quality of life, to prevent suffering, and to create real, widespread happiness.
~ Jane McGonigal
I jokingly call this convergence of games into reality the "Gamepocalypse": the moment when every moment of life is actually a game.
~ Jesse Schell
We have made drugs an Olympic event. It receives most of the coverage at the Games and even the suspicion of guilt can ruin a reputation for life.
~ Bill Toomey
People care about my personal life. But really I'm dorky! I drink beer and go to football games. And ya know, sit in my house in a t-shirt on the weekends and play with my dog!
~ Sophia Bush
I watched all the games in the pub with my family. We used to go to a place called The Sirloin in Chingford. It was quite a good atmosphere in there.
~ Harry Kane
I just don't have the heart for it. I just will not spend any more time focused on political games as opposed to public policy, which is what I entered politics for in the first place, particularly at a time when it is so needed.
~ Annamie Paul
It can sometimes feel like the commercials for Activision's 'Call of Duty' series are always on. If the publisher has its way, the games will be, too.
~ Jason Schreier
Sometimes when you start playing games you don't get as many practices and you don't get as many touches. People think you have the puck the whole time during a game - you really don't.
~ Barry Trotz
What I like about Kickstarter is it helps games that people want to play still get made, even if you don't pump $20 million dollars into it to try and meet all the stupid bells and whistles that publishers feel must be in games nowadays.
~ Chris Avellone
You don't really see many games that stand as a pure comedy games.
~ Zoe Quinn
You have to be able to get enough points from your away games or it puts difficulty on your home games.
~ Chris Hughton
I loved playing football, but I hated the games because it's a lot of pressure. I just loved putting on the pads and hitting my friends.
~ Daniel Bryan
I just love watching football. It doesn't matter what level it is, whether it's Fleetwood or Blackpool. I love to go and watch games.
~ Charlie Adam
I'm not saying the games are fixed, because they are not. But they definitely program and train these referees to go out on the floor, and look for certain things, to put teams at advantages or disadvantages, based on who's up or down in the series.
~ Tim Donaghy