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Game Quotes

From the golf course to the chessboard.

This page uses "game" loosely — from a famously dismissive take on golf as a waste of effort, to praise for the creativity found in game development compared with feature filmmaking. If gaming culture specifically interests you, see Games quotes.

Often, these downplay the power of cultural imperialism - in that sense, playing the game of US interests - by reassuring us that the global success of American mass culture is not as bad as all that.

Quotes by Fredric Jameson

When I am on the pitch, I play on intuition, but I think a lot about the game as well.

Quotes by Frenkie de Jong

I like to watch the great players, the ones who are technically good and understand the game. I try to see how they move.

Quotes by Frenkie de Jong

I already watched Barcelona as a kid, and then, when I was a bit more aware of the game, you had the Guardiola era with all their successes. That turned me into an even bigger fan.

Quotes by Frenkie de Jong

Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.

Quotes by Fred Wilson

I have one goal every single year, and that's to play every single game.

Quotes by Freddie Freeman

Coming in here and having fun with the guys, loving everyone, playing this game - it's a lot of fun.

Quotes by Freddie Freeman

Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.

Quotes by Freddie Freeman

You're going to be friends with people longer than you're going to be teammates in this game.

Quotes by Freddie Freeman

I wasn't fully aware of the things that Madlib did musically, but my manager put me up on game. I'm not gonna act like I was a Madlib head when I wasn't. I didn't understand a lot of it at...

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

I'm not a big video game dude though, but I like 'Madden.'

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

I went to a Bulls game when it was still in Chicago Stadium before they built the United Center.

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

When I first came in the game, I had a bunch of homies that rapped that was hanging around me just because I was getting the rap attention, and they felt they could feed off of that.

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man.

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

I've been engulfed in sports since I was a 2-year-old; I picked up any kind of ball - a basketball, baseball, football - I just loved to play something. I loved the energy of being in arenas and watching the...

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game.

Quotes by Freddie Gibbs

When I went to Arsenal, people in Sweden said my game was more suited for Spain or Italy.

Quotes by Freddie Ljungberg

I go from day to day and game to game.

Quotes by Freddie Ljungberg

The Swedish team plays very differently from Arsenal. There is more freedom with Arsenal and they play a passing game.

Quotes by Freddie Ljungberg

You can see players do things in training that aren't a problem but they can't in a game situation. You have to work on it, relax and be brave.

Quotes by Freddie Ljungberg

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "game" show up on this page?
Quite a few - from golf as a literal outdoor game, to video game development and its creative merit, to a chess metaphor used to describe the strategic and inevitable loss of a war.
Is there a quote critical of golf?
Yes, one quote calls golf "the most useless outdoor game ever devised to waste the time and try the spirit of man" - a pointed, unflattering take on the sport.
Are there quotes about video game development?
Yes, two of them. One argues that game makers show just as much creativity as feature filmmakers, if not more. Another notes a certain arrogance among "Hollywood" types that doesn't sit well with game developers. For more from that world, see the Gamer and Games pages.
Is there a quote that uses a game as a metaphor for something bigger?
Yes - one quote compares Germany's position in a war to "an end game in chess," where the loss was as certain as losing a chess endgame from a weaker position. For more strategic framing like this, check out the Game Plan page.
Is there anything here for fans of games as entertainment or fandom?
These particular quotes focus more on golf, war strategy, and game development than franchises, but if that's what you're after, the Game Of Thrones page is a good next stop.

There's also a striking historical metaphor here, comparing a losing military position to an endgame in chess where the outcome is already decided. For competitive framing elsewhere, try Game Plan quotes or Gamer quotes.