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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Speaking nothing of how we often fall short in keeping our promises, we frequently play an unnecessary game of politics with key issues - using must-pass legislation such as disaster relief as a vehicle to sweeten unrelated, contentious bills that may not otherwise pass as stand-alone measures.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the thing you always got to keep in mind, you know, hockey is a game of one-on-one battles.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be a great game, one of the teams has to score first.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
The longer the game went on, you got the feeling that neither side really wanted to lose.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my last years, I was conscious how I used to play the game when I first broke through. It was absolute chalk and cheese. I probably finished at the right time. There won't be many players like me in the future.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say that pace is the first thing to go, but my game was never based on pace. It was about strength and power and withstanding challenges and getting in the right position.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's the fight game, and everyone loses. You win some, you lose some. You just try to get back up on the horse.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandfather was Scottish and just loved the game. My grandmother was a great golfer and a club champion. Whenever I was visiting them, I got a double barrel of golf lore. I guess it was always in my blood.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sport was right in the center of these changing social dynamics. It was a game invented by blue-collar people in Scotland but adopted by the elite in England and America. All of those conflicts were coming into the open. I was amazed to find out how much was played out in golf as well.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
In fantasy land, I wish I could be a pro golfer. I love golf - the most frustratingly brilliant game on the planet.
- Grown Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
If at my funeral they're talking about my boxing stories, I'd be disappointed because this is just a springboard for when I'm finished. It's just a game. It's pretty silly when you think about it: two grown men punching each other in the face and taking it seriously.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, summers stretched so long, as if they'd never end. Days were like marathons of time, riding bikes until my blisters had blisters, endless energy, and not an actual care in the world aside from when 'Paul' could come out and play. Days now feel more like minutes, almost game show like.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't like watching football on TV. It was always so boring to me. Why sit in front of the screen, when you could go outside and play the game for real?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020