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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.

My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.

Quotes by Dorothy Dunnett

I just go out there and play my game and let the chips fall where they may.

Quotes by Donte DiVincenzo

A lot of guys kind of get complacent with how they do in one game, but I just want to compete. So every game I play in, it's a brand new beginning for me.

Quotes by Donte DiVincenzo

Dan Marino never won the big game. Does that mean his career is a failure? No, not at all.

Quotes by Donovan McNabb

You want to play a whole game, but in the preseason you've got to be smart.

Quotes by Donovan McNabb

In this position I play, it's just repetition and continuing to throw the routes and getting that velocity back that you would throw in game speed.

Quotes by Donovan McNabb

I take this game very seriously.

Quotes by Donovan McNabb

I love everything about this game.

Quotes by Donovan McNabb

As an NFL player, and as a veteran in this game, no one cares what you're doing during the offseason. They only care about what you do on the football field.

Quotes by Donovan McNabb

It's sad that Walter Payton was not known as the greatest running back to play the game until they won the Super Bowl.

Quotes by Donovan McNabb

Brian Dawkins, to me, in an era I played in, there were three, really four safeties where their numbers and their impact on the game stands alone.

Quotes by Donovan McNabb

I think politics is a dirty game. We've seen the sides that they take; we've seen the commentary they have had on my father.

Quotes by Donald Trump, Jr.

This is an opportunity to walk away from the game knowing that I've given it all that I can.

Quotes by Donald Driver

I play in front of 70,000 fans week in and week out, and I may drop the ball in practice, I may run the ball the wrong way, but once it's game time, it's game on.

Quotes by Donald Driver

You know, even though I feel that I can still play the game, God has made the answer clear to me. Retirement is now. I have to retire as a Green Bay Packer.

Quotes by Donald Driver

And I coached against Mike when he was an assistant with the Bears and they won that football game.

Quotes by Don Shula

Because, they're only thinking about one team when that game's over. Before the game, they're talking about two football teams. When the game's over, there's only one winner.

Quotes by Don Shula

The thing we found out was, when you get to a Super Bowl, both teams are treated the same, talked about in glowing terms. But when the game is over, only the team that won matters.

Quotes by Don Shula

It's not how you play the game, it's how you place the blame.

Quotes by Don Simpson

Michael Jordan taught me after our game of one-on-one: A loss is not a failure until you make an excuse. When excuses are no longer an option, you can focus your attention on the job you have to do, and...

Quotes by Don Yaeger

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.