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Fun from games arises out of mastery. It arises out of comprehension. It is the act of solving puzzles that makes games fun. In other words, with games, learning is the drug.
Raph KosterI drew my strength from fear. Fear of losing. I don't remember the games I won, only the games I lost.
Boris BeckerI'm probably the worst at games. I don't really like computer games either. And when I lose, I won't go again but just say I don't want to play anymore.
YoseobEvery single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. Sure, there are games I'm going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn't mean I give up.
Mia HammWe win our games in practice. We learn and follow the fundamentals of our game better than anyone in the league. All of our games are won in practice.
Vince LombardiWhen I got to professional ball I used to play 150 games every year. It depends on how many games there was.
Willie MaysA new report reveals that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent over $82,000 on food at NFL games. Christie said, 'Hey, both of those games went into overtime.'
Conan O'BrienThe way you write dialogue is the same whether you're writing for movies or TV or games. We use movie scriptwriting software to write the screenplays for our games, but naturally we have things in the script that you would never have in a movie script -- different branches and optional dialogue, for example. But still, when it comes to storytelling and dialogue, they are very much the same.
Sam LakeIn these days of high-tech video games, it's remarkable that kids once got incredibly thrilled while pushing little metal racing cars around a cardboard track: The toy car was yours, and you invested it with importance and enhanced it with fantasy and pitied it because it was small, like you were. Such games were weapons against the ennui of endless Saturdays.
Roger EbertWeโve been in all the big games, weโve been in small games, and weโve treated them all the same and I think that mentality is whatโs helped us get to the point where we are now.
Richard ShermanI recently learned something quite interesting about video games. Many young people have developed incredible hand, eye, and brain coordination in playing these games. The air force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.
Ronald ReaganOne of the biggest inspirations before I started shooting came from my brother, when he texted me and said, 'Hey, fatty, it's called 'The Hunger Games', not 'The Eating Games'. So I started working out a lot more and eating a lot less.
Liam HemsworthI could pull all kinds of games on my mother. I couldn't pull any games on my father.
John Henrik ClarkeEspecially with the video games and social media we have now, I think that turning point from kid to sort of adult has gotten earlier with TV shows that are on right now and video games. They all contribute to that.
Gage MunroeYou have good games, you have bad games. You have good years, you have bad years. I have always been kind of philosophical about that.
Steve NashI'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.
Dr. SeussAnd from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.
Olga KorbutI wasn't as critical during games as I was at practice. Players needed confidence during games more than criticism.
Dean SmithThe Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't.
Greg LouganisSome guys are more worried about their Vegas trip at the end of the season than playing the games, than playing every minute of the games. Quite frankly, I don't care about your Vegas trip right now.
Jean-Sebastien GiguereThe close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments.
John WoodenHe was through playing games. When it came to Soteria, he had no sense of humor whatsoever. Anyone who threatened her, ended their life. It was that simple.
Sherrilyn KenyonYoung man, the games we play are lessons we learn. The assumptions we make, things we ignore, and things we change make us what we become.
Terry PratchettAfter all, when we were children, when things went wrong, there wasnโt much we could do to help put it right. But now weโre adults, now we can. Thatโs the thing, you see? Look at us, Akira. After all this time, we can finally put things right. Remember, old chap, how we used to play those games? Over and over? How we used to pretend we were detectives searching for my father? Now weโre grown, we can at last put things right.
Kazuo IshiguroYou can't join a team and give up on it because you lose a few games or things aren't going well.
Eli ManningI did Call of Duty Modern Warfare as Gaz, then I did Ghost in Modern Warfare 2, which has become one of the most iconic figures in the history of computer games.
Craig FairbrassCourses can, and should, incorporate the excitement and fun of programming games, apps or even real digital devices.
Geoff MulganMaybe we should hold the next [Olympic] games in Afghanistan and hope the Soviets pull out of that one too.
Johnny CarsonThough most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the quiet positional players. They slowly grind you down by taking away your space, tying up your pieces, and leaving you with virtually nothing to do!
Yasser SeirawanI got into a few games after they were hopelessly won or hopelessly lost, you know, when they put the substitutes in, and finally the water boy, and then me. That is the way it worked.
Richard M. NixonVolatility is a symptom that people have no idea of the underlying value-that they have stopped playing the asset game. They're not buying because it's a company with certain attributes. They're buying because the price is rising. People are playing games not related to any concept at all of what the long-term value of the enterprise is. And they know it.
Jeremy GranthamWriting directly from a feeling of anger or sadness is difficult, but if you distract part of your brain with word games, the ignored emotion often tiptoes in.
Matthea HarveyThe naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn't just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names.
T. S. EliotGolf, more than most games, has a number of clichรฉs, often successfully disguised as 'tips'. Watch out!
Kathy WhitworthI mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.
Kevin SpaceyIt would take a lot of time and effort (to repair the computers). And they can't run (programs and games) kids are interested in today. They're not even on the Internet. We wouldn't be offering them much of a carrot.
Bob SchneiderIf I feel I'm not influencing games, not scoring goals or making goals, then that's the time I'd pack it in.
Ryan GiggsIt is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such last rounds, in view of the large number of mistakes, are not fit for publication!
Viktor KorchnoiHitler was never more than average as an artist. His great talent was for the games of politics.
Volker UllrichGames are considered to be in the sub-culture category, coming under movies, coming under manga or comics or animation, especially in Japan.
Nobuo UematsuAs the vampire trailed a fingertip along the girlโs collarbone, she appeared to fall into a trance. It was not mind games on Zypherโs part. Females of both races couldnโt help themselves around him.
J.R. WardYou and me Haymitch.Very cozy.Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark
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