Quotes about Game

This came as a strange letdown, to see how the game always went to those who knew the rules without understanding the lesson.

In my view, the amateur does not love the game enough. If he did, he would not pursue it as a sideline, distinct from his "real" vocation.

If a child is to survive, he or she must know the rules of safety. If he is to be healthy, he must know the rules of health. If he is to drive a car, he must know the rules of the road. If he is to become a ball player, he must learn the rules of the game. And, contrary to popular thinking, children appreciate rules.

He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the word and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not.

He has tried imagining her as a prostitute—he often plays this private mental game with various women he encounters—but he can't picture any man actually paying for her services. It would be like paying to be run over by a wagon, and would be, like that experience, a distinct threat to the health.

If you're going to quit, quit before you start. Reject the system. Don't play the game if you realize you can't be the best in the world. Average

If you're going to quit, quit before you start. Reject the system. Don't play the game if you realize you can't be the best in the world.

A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of youth

I'm a football guy. Baseball, I enjoy it at playoff time.

Defense is a definite part of the game, and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Rocky Mountain etiquette required of a spectator was, that he should help the gentleman bury his game—otherwise his churlishness would surely be remembered against him the first time he killed a man himself and needed a neighborly turn in interring him.