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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.

Dybala's game is easier on the eye, but Pogba is extraordinary because he has physicality and technique.

Quotes by Massimiliano Allegri

Game development is very difficult. Nobody sets out to create a game that's not fun. It's all of the challenges and difficulties that happen throughout development that determine whether a game is a failure or a success. I think playing...

Quotes by Masahiro Sakurai

In the arcades, when I was younger, there was a game called 'King of Fighters 95,' and I thought I was pretty good. I had a 50-strong win streak on 'Street Fighter 2' around that time.

Quotes by Masahiro Sakurai

'Smash Bros.' features a slew of modes as well, but we didn't create them all under the idea that we want gamers to try every single one of them. I think it's just fine if gamers enjoy the aspects of...

Quotes by Masahiro Sakurai

A game's concept is one of its most important assets. I feel that we must aim to satisfy both beginners and experts, and that hasn't changed since I was making 'Kirby' games.

Quotes by Masahiro Sakurai

If 'Smash Bros.' were set up to appeal to experts too much and became something like a modern fighter, I think that would raise serious questions about the game's future.

Quotes by Masahiro Sakurai

I've never made a game for a high-definition platform. That's definitely something I'm interested in.

Quotes by Masahiro Sakurai

I just go into a game and try to look at the situation and what needs to be done. I try to execute.

Quotes by Masahiro Tanaka

I give everything I have every time I take the ball. With that, I also know that there will always be a risk of injury when playing this game that I love.

Quotes by Masahiro Tanaka

Being in a video game just feels so cool.

Quotes by Mary Wiseman

To get to be part of a video game is... it's pretty neat. That somebody animated me is very exciting and weird.

Quotes by Mary Wiseman

I mean, I'm on a comic book. I'm in a video game. This is not real life.

Quotes by Mary Wiseman

Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no...

Quotes by Mary Schmich

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.

Quotes by Mary Wesley

By New Year's Eve, we're so done going out we usually just light a fire, play one last card game, and watch the ball drop in our jammies.

Quotes by Mary Page Keller

VR could, in theory, connect sports fans in different geographical locations so they could watch a game together. Instead of a group text or Twitter stream of commentary playing out across time zones when a team is playing, our avatars...

Quotes by Mary Pilon

I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never...

Quotes by Mary MacLane

It's a punishment game... only two boxers get in the ring. So when we get in the ring and we're not angry, then you're not a real boxer.

Quotes by Mary Kom

The endorsement game has been very good to me.

Quotes by Mary Lou Retton

In L.A., we had a game room with a new sensation called Pac-Man.

Quotes by Mary Lou Retton

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.