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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.

I know how the game works. If I field one, then the other complains. It's always the same.

Quotes by Niko Kovac

I think it's very important to get ego out of the room. I think it's important to realize it takes two hands to clap - stop the pointing, stop the blame game. I think we've seen enough of that, I...

Quotes by Nikki Haley

I just want to be at the best place possible to ensure that I really kick on in my career, that I constantly have challenges, because in football, you don't have long. It's easy to become complacent when game time...

Quotes by Nikita Parris

That first game was so hyped up, and it was obviously my first experience of a crowd in a World Cup. When I first walked out and heard the national anthem, it was just an unreal experience. I didn't expect...

Quotes by Nikita Parris

As a young kid, you never really understand what it takes to be a footballer: what it's like after you've won or what the changing room is like after a loss, or, as an individual, have you played a good...

Quotes by Nikita Parris

Making a movie in Hollywood is a bit like playing a board game, where you have to throw a six to start.

Quotes by Nigel Cole

The state of emergency and critical nature of the times do not allow me, as they do not allow anyone, to embark on a blame game.

Quotes by Nicos Anastasiades

It doesn't matter who it is on the court. Just play your game.

Quotes by Nick Young

I've been in this league for 12 years. They can say I don't take the game serious, but somebody who don't take the game serious don't last this long.

Quotes by Nick Young

I believe L.A. made me, really raised me. I think about that all the time. If I was raised in New York, how would I be? Would my game be different? You know, I think about that a lot, if...

Quotes by Nick Young

College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.

Quotes by Nick Saban

Soccer is a continuous game, rugby is a continuous game, but for the physical elements that are involved in playing a football game and the number of plays that you play, I don't know that it was ever intended to...

Quotes by Nick Saban

I certainly like to win. But I really hate to lose. So when you think about that, you're always motivated to, 'I don't want to lose the next game. I don't want to lose the next game.'

Quotes by Nick Saban

It's never OK to lose a game.

Quotes by Nick Saban

I think the game in general is changing so fast right before our eyes.

Quotes by Nick Nurse

I think a lot of personnel decisions come down to who's the best player today, like if we had to throw 'em in a game today versus what could their upside be 18 months from now. A lot of times,...

Quotes by Nick Nurse

I think switching is like a lot of things. You can do it - it's a game plan - but you better do it well. You better practise it.

Quotes by Nick Nurse

Chemistry kind of builds all season. It's not like we say, 'OK, it's game one, and now we've got our chemistry.' I think it shifts and moves all season long.

Quotes by Nick Nurse

The game's evolving quickly, man, and somebody's gotta be trying some new stuff.

Quotes by Nick Nurse

My thinking is, if we're setting out to make comedy in which nothing is off limits, then everybody is fair game.

Quotes by Nick Kroll

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.