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"The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else."
"If the game is designed for you to lose, don't play that game. Play a different one."
"Little changes cost you. Big changes benefit you by changing the game, but only if you go first."
"My explosiveness, I really couldn't show it at UCLA. It's still there. It's always been there. It was not a lot of running. It was a half-court game. Coach Howland came from the Big East and so you know that's a grind out game."
"I never dreamed of being a flagbearer. Every athlete has a wish to get to the Olympic Games. I had that wish, but to carry the flag of your country is doubly thrilling."
"I declare the 22nd Olympic Winter Games open."
"There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games."
"At an Olympics Game, you want to enjoy it, especially if you know it's going to be your last one."
"Cricket is a team game where individuals inspire each other to achieve performances which surpass what might otherwise be beyond them."
"Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play."
"The shell game that we play ... is technically called 'renormalization'. But no matter how clever the word, it is still what I would call a dippy process! Having to resort to such hocus-pocus has prevented us from proving that the theory of quantum electrodynamics is mathematically self-consistent. It's surprising that the theory still hasn't been proved self-consistent one way or the other by now; I suspect that renormalization is not mathematically legitimate."
"I felt like I was living in some sort of video game and people pre-empting every move I made, obviously as a result of accessing my private information."
"I don't feel like my speed or my power or my desire to play this game has diminished at all."
"I'd rather play in the major leagues and have some bad games than play consistently good ball in the minors."
"No score in the other game betwen top club and bottom club, Switzerland and Georgia."
"...there's no rule book or game plan when it comes to the grim realities of our lives."
"Feelings can't be a part of this game."
"I hate games I can't win."
"Como un angel," I whisper. "Is our game over?" she asks nervously. "It's definitely over, querida. 'Cause what we're gonna do next is no game."
"Work would be terribly boring if one did not play the game all out, passionately."
