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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 realized I loved working in television as well as film. Besides, if I hadn't been forced to look for work in TV, I'd never have gotten to work on 'Game of Thrones.'

Quotes by Miguel Sapochnik

In a nutshell, directing 'The Gift' was all about understanding how the complex machine that is 'Game of Thrones' works.

Quotes by Miguel Sapochnik

Baseball is a game that shouts, 'Slow Down' to America. Stop tweeting, texting, blogging, watching cable news, and obsessing about polls, lost planes, and focus-group-driven politicians.

Quotes by Mike Barnicle

The first time I went to Fenway Park was probably 1950. It was the early '50s, and it was my father taking me to the game.

Quotes by Mike Barnicle

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake.

Quotes by Miguel Cabrera

I always loved the game, but when my legs weren't hurting it was a lot easier to love.

Quotes by Mickey Mantle

Pitching is 80% of the game and the other half is hitting and fielding.

Quotes by Mickey Rivers

What I liked was to set the tone - set the pace for the team. I know when we're starting the game, I can get on and steal a base, then a guy bring me in. Then we're in the...

Quotes by Mickey Rivers

I'm a black American, and I'm proud to represent who and where I'm from - unapologetically. There's no shame in my game.

Quotes by Mickalene Thomas

England's full of cricket tradition. I follow the game there hugely.

Quotes by Mickey Arthur

It happens so quick. You lose a game; you lose another game; it's a World Cup; media scrutiny; public expectation, and then you almost go into sort of survival mode. We've all been there.

Quotes by Mickey Arthur

I'm always looking over my shoulder, needing to stay ahead of the game.

Quotes by Mickey Drexler

Annika has the type of game I want to work on. She's just so consistent. Hopefully I'll be like that one day.

Quotes by Michelle Wie

We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to play our best.

Quotes by Michelle Wie

All I know is that I'm a warrior in 'Game of Thrones,' where all men must die, so it might happen at one point. But I feel like they're going to take the story where they think they need to...

Quotes by Michiel Huisman

Being part of 'Game of Thrones,' you're always expecting your character to die. You're not mentally preparing yourself for a very long haul.

Quotes by Michiel Huisman

I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.

Quotes by Michelle Forbes

For me, football is just a game, not a drama.

Quotes by Michel Patini

The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game.

Quotes by Michel Patini

Hockey wasn't invented but discovered. The game, and the large organizing idea behind Stephen Smith's deeply personal 'Puckstruck,' sleeps in ponds and in the crooked limbs of trees overhead; we merely pluck a stick from the sky and skate over...

Quotes by Michael Winter

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.