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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.

Ninety percent of the hands aren't shown in a poker game.

Quotes by Doyle Brunson

I can't worry about techs. I've got to play my game.

Quotes by Draymond Green

A person who can go out and get 40 is going to get a lot more respect than somebody who goes out and holds somebody to two points. It's just the nature of the game. It doesn't bother me.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I just go out and play my game. Just making sure I keep doing those little things, like playing with toughness, that's just me.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I'm blessed. I get to play the game I love for a living and make a lot of money doing it.

Quotes by Draymond Green

After a game, I really just relax with the family.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I'm not as athletic as some guys, so I have to counter that with a tremendous brain that thinks the game.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I see the game differently than some guys. I'm always reading the next move.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game.

Quotes by Draymond Green

I'm tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game - the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.

Quotes by Drea De Matteo

If life is a video game, then most of us have no chance of winning, if by winning you mean succeeding in a quest or saving a princess.

Quotes by Douglas Lain

Once a teen has been identified as part of the 'target market,' he knows he's done for. The object of the game is to confound the marketers, and keep one's own, authentic culture from showing up at the shopping mall...

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

Think 'Game of Thrones.' In the old days, this sort of show might be considered bad writing. It doesn't really seem to be moving toward a crisis or climax, it has no true protagonist, and it's structured less like a...

Quotes by Douglas Rushkoff

If you're not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldn't get into the game of land conservation, especially on a large scale.

Quotes by Douglas Tompkins

The purpose of the UN mechanism, this inspection mechanism, is not to engage in a cat and mouse game with Saddam Hussein and try to find weapons that the Iraqi government is working on concealing.

Quotes by Douglas Feith

When you're in between the white lines, the game face is on. I was only focused on the task at hand - out, safe, ball, strike - leaving little time to think about how special a player, moment or game...

Quotes by Doug Harvey

I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people whose primary interest is to make sure the game is played fairly. We are the integrity...

Quotes by Doug Harvey

What I really found was that the one similarity between 'Covert Affairs' and 'Fair Game' is a deep love and admiration and fascination with the home life of a spy.

Quotes by Doug Liman

The more real I got on 'The Bourne Identity,' the more interesting it got. So 'Fair Game' was the chance to go a few more steps in that direction. In fact, I discovered this whole other world that I had...

Quotes by Doug Liman

I don't want to put my game plan out there for everybody to see it and read it and teams can scheme. It just doesn't make a lot of sense.

Quotes by Doug Pederson

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.