Top 1200 Basketball Game Quotes & Sayings - Page 16

I just try to play every game like it's Game 7 of the NBA Finals.

You play this game, that's what you play this game for. You play the game to go to the Super Bowl and that's the only reason why we play to win and make it to the Super Bowl. So anything short of that would not be acceptable and I think my teammates know that as well.

I am a board game enthusiast, a board game evangelist, a board game nerd, but I wouldn't say I'm 'keen' because I very rarely win, and 'keen' suggests you're actually good at something. But I do play a lot of them, and I have a pretty good-sized collection.

The game is so fantastic, and people who get into it love it so much...I'd be pleased with that. There's no game like it.

A lot of times, when someone's going to pick up a game, it can be a bit daunting, like if they haven't played a roleplaying game, or they haven't played things in the series. We spent a lot of time on flow. How it feels to move through the world. How the game rewards you depending on which way you turn.

I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don't put myself into gender mode when designing a game.

We want to play every game like it's the last game of our lives.

Oh, I’m nerdy about science fiction and fantasy and graphic novels and reading, and I’m nerdy about board games. My favorite board game is a board game I’m working on right now. It’s a game of Napoleonic era naval warfare, and it’s going to be fun.

You know, why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game.

But there's no problem to lift before the game in the morning, then play the game at night.

When you have seven to eight players performing game after game, you are on an absolute roll.

Toulouse expanded my game. You were given a freedom to play and express yourself on the field. Toulouse is the biggest club in Europe, rugby's equivalent of Real Madrid. Their game has always been about offloading and running but it is also physical, the complete 'package. It was always exciting, no matter how close a game was.

An NBA game in L.A., the Lakers - I'm a Clipper fan - it's to be seen as much as seeing the game.

It definitely changed the game. I happen to be in the game around [the time] when the internet kicked in.

To cross the line for the team, to have an impact on winning the game - that's why I play this game.

Please may this not be a game. Please may this not be a game. Because if it’s a game, I know I’m going to lose.

All that was left for me was a terrible kind of paralysis, this waiting game, this heartbreak game.

As a game creator, I'm not 100% satisfied when looking back at the previous game that I released.

Codes are a puzzle. A game, just like any other game.

I just feel like there's a lot of things more important than just basketball, and I love basketball. It's what I want to do for the longest time possible. It's what I eat, it's what I sleep about, it's what I breathe, it's in my lifestyle. I just really feel like there's more important things than just putting the ball in the hoop.

That's what you realize when you get older, how much you love the game and what a great game it is.

The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.

I believe it has changed so much because of the impact you can have from that position. You are so involved in the game from both a pass and a run standpoint. Anyone that can have an impact on a game like that is going to be held to high standards. You have guys like Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu who make big-time plays which can change the outcome of the game.

Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.

I feel that Im not losing the game for our team. Im trying to give us the best opportunity to win the football game. I did everything I could to lose the Jets game but we won. And the Patriots game, I didnt play well. I think that this year, I just come out and play smart football. I got some good advice the other day (from CBS Sports Dan Dierdorf): Every drive that ends in a kick is a good drive.

My favorite video game when I was a kid was this game called 'Metroid' and the main character of 'Metroid' was Samus. Samus has this body armor suit, helmet and everything except at the end of the game, the helmet comes off and it was revealed that Samus was actually a woman.

Game management, game decisions, adjustments, seeing things during games - it's all important.

When I'm in the game [softball], it's not so much mechanics. It's more of just trusting my teammates, trusting myself, trusting my preparation that we've put in to get there. When you're in the game, it's go-mode. There's going to be times when you're tweaking things but when you're in that game mode, you just want to think about that one next pitch.

Would I have been a great basketball player? No. But I think I would've been a good basketball player, one of those grinders getting eight to 10 rebounds. I would've been like Kobe and been in the gym five to seven hours a day and never missed a 10-foot jump shot. I would've been a great role player for a team.

One game can make a season, especially when you have just four wins going into the game.

I tried out for my basketball team every year and I never made it. You had to buy the shoes before you knew if you were on the team because it took a few weeks for them to ship. I bought the shoes every year, never once made the team, had a ton of high school basketball shoes.

Don't let us win tonight. This is a big game. They've got to win because if we win we've got Pedro coming back today and then Schilling will pitch Game 6 and then you can take that fraud stuff and put it to bed. Don't let the Sox win this game.

Everybody is going to have a bad game. One game does not decide somebody's season.

I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn't just one aspect of the game; it is the game.

As a game developer, getting your game onto a console is probably the most difficult.

It's weird coming into a game in the later innings, in a World Series game.

I'm conscious to know and understand what's going on with the game and what comes from the game and what's life after football.

You know why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game.

Even if it's an unofficial game, if I am on the pitch, I don't want to lose any game.

It's poetry to watch the game when the game is left alone, when there's not a bunch of flags on the ground.

I just want to improve game to game and try to get better.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

It's a tough game, and you never want to take that aspect out of the game.

I'm not pro-owner or pro-player. I am pro-football. I want the game to go on. I want the game to be tough. I don't want the game to be a killer of our players.

In my early work, my time in the batting cage, that's serious, and that's when I feel like I'm really working. That's where I have to lock in on my approach, make sure my mechanics are right, and make sure my mindset is right for the upcoming game. But then, when the game comes up, it's a game! You're supposed to have fun when you play games.

No player in the NBA was born wanting to play basketball. The desire to play ball or to read must be planted. The last 25 years of research show that reading aloud to a child is the oldest, cheapest and must successful method of instilling that desire. Shooting baskets with a child creates a basketball player; reading to a child creates a reader.

'Super Contra' was the game I fell in love with. I played and beat that game with my mom.

I know I've got a lot more to learn, so I'm just taking it game by game.

Prepare for every game like you just lost your last game.

Drugs is a government game, Bilal. A way to rob us of our best black men, our army. Everyone who plays the game loses. Then they get you right back where we started, in slavery! Then they get to say "This time you did it to yourself." I won't play that game.

One game, you can get 15 touches, and the next game you might not touch the ball.

The game itself is an autonomous game, but everybody is a part of it. No contribution is too small.

Golf is a game with morals. There's always an opportunity to be a scoundrel. That's why it's a gentleman's game.

We are inclined to think that if we watch a football game or a baseball game, we have taken part in it.

I kind of approach every game the same. At the end of the day, it's another game.

To me, it was never about what I accomplished on the football field. It was about the way I played the game. I played the game with a lot of determination, a lot of poise, a lot of pride and I think what you saw out there...was an individual who really just loved the game.

Oh, I'm nerdy about science fiction and fantasy and graphic novels and reading, and I'm nerdy about board games. My favorite board game is a board game I'm working on right now. It's a game of Napoleonic era naval warfare, and it's going to be fun.

Everybody looks to expand their game. That's how you keep yourself in this league, in this game.

The old thought process is that you have to respect the game - right? - and act like you've been there before. But I think you can also show how much you respect the game, how much you appreciate the opportunity to play the game and how excited you are to help your team by having fun.

As you get going in the game you just kind of go along and you play the game.