"Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game."
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"Hitting is the most important part of the game. It is where the big money is, where much of the status is, and the fan interest."
"Conversation is a game of circles."
"Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship in possession."
"Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side."
"A man must consider what a blindman's-buff is this game of conformity."
"Be a football to Time and Chance, the more kicks, the better, so that you inspect the whole game and know its utmost law."
"I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people... To me, that's what the emerging game is all about."
"Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood."
"Video games are a waste of time for men with nothing else to do."
"My thing about camp is to come in and be who I am, which is the most dominant player in the game, That's who I am, and that's what I'm here for."
"I think that if someone plays a video game, and then goes out and harms another human being, or themselves because of what they just saw in the video game, they were screwed up in the head long before they got their hands on a controller."
"When I first came in the league, a lot of people were surprised by my knowledge about the history of the game."
"Tennis just a game, family is forever."
"We typically don't choose our athletes until about a month prior to the Games because anything can happen."
"The game I play is a very interesting one. It's imagination, in a tight straightjacket."
"And any time you feed your ego, it's a one-way street. ... There were so many things I had to deal with that erased the positives I got from playing the game that it wasn't worth it. It's like eating a Big Mac and drinking a Diet Coke."
"The only time I waste is time I spend doing something that, in my gut, I know I shouldn't. If I choose to spend time playing video games or sleeping in, then it's time well spent, because I chose to do it. I did it for a reason - to relax, to decompress or to feel good, and that was what I wanted to do."
"The reason we grow up to be healthy adults is because our parents played this game of giving us responsibility, disciplining us when necessary, letting us try, letting us fail. No matter what we know they are there to support us and see us do well. Leaders are exactly the same."
"Look at music for what it's worth around the world and not just America. In other countries, people are still buying CDs and going to record stores. But in America, it's all about digital. The game is breaking down. But, look at me, you need to know how to play the game the right way."