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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.

Day 1, when I was drafted to the Toronto Raptors, they had this stigma on them: Every guy leaves. Nobody wants to be here. Superstars, nobody wants to play in Canada. From Day 1, my whole mindset and approach to...

Quotes by DeMar DeRozan

I played against Kobe a lot when I was in high school during the summers, even in college, just being that guy in L.A. coming up. He always gave me advice here and there, and even the smallest things stuck...

Quotes by DeMar DeRozan

A lot of people in the NBA don't even take the game serious or take the same approach that I do.

Quotes by DeMar DeRozan

At the end of the day, the only person to have a better Kobe sneaker game than me is Kobe himself.

Quotes by DeMar DeRozan

I never force nothing in my game. I let everything come whenever it needed to come. That's the beauty of it.

Quotes by DeMar DeRozan

The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.

Quotes by Demetri Martin

I grew up with a single mom, two brothers, and a sister, and after school, we would play outside then go home for dinner and play videogames together. It's something I enjoy doing, and it's also cheap entertainment compared to...

Quotes by Demetrious Johnson

'Super Contra' was the game I fell in love with. I played and beat that game with my mom.

Quotes by Demetrious Johnson

I would have to say fantasy RPG and MMOs are my favorite type of games. I love 'Dark Souls II.' That game is so hard and unforgiving; if you beat that game, you have true skills.

Quotes by Demetrious Johnson

Just think about the game. Think about playing great, having a great time. Helping my team win.

Quotes by Deion Sanders

I have big problems with the left side of my body. I'm taking pills so I can play. I take five pills before every game.

Quotes by Dejan Lovren

We know how in football everything changes quickly. It doesn't take too long to lose one game.

Quotes by Dejan Lovren

At Liverpool, when warmed up, we enter the game or after 15 minutes go back to the bench.

Quotes by Dejan Lovren

Aggression is something that is a part of me, and I'm never going to take that out of my game.

Quotes by Dele Alli

I like to enjoy the game and to have fun and express myself as much as I can.

Quotes by Dele Alli

You have to have faith in yourself, keep believing and sticking to the game plan, and hope when the chance does come, one of you will put it away.

Quotes by Dele Alli

It's just about taking each game as it comes and hopefully being up there at the end of the season.

Quotes by Dele Alli

It is no good being good in halves of games or in one game and not in the next one.

Quotes by Dele Alli

I know it is a cliche, but I am just going to focus on each game and try to do as well as I can.

Quotes by Dele Alli

Every game is different. Every opposition comes with a different threat.

Quotes by Dele Alli

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.