Playing Quotes

I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf.

Play is really the work of childhood.

The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.

It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory.

First off, do everything they can to give their kids the opportunities to play sports; asthma is not a deterrent to playing sports.

I don't worry about playing basketball; that comes natural. I just want to have fun. David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Michael Jordan: this is like spring break in the ghetto.

Jerry Ford is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same time.... He's a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet.

If I'm playing cards for pennies, I want to win.

Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music.

I don't believe in playing around much with suit cuts. I like a fairly classic shape that gives a man strong shoulders, a fitted waist, and long legs. Classic simplicity always works.

Every now and then I'll do little things, a short story or something, that doesn't have any fantastical elements, but mostly I like the power of playing God and I like to imagine things.

I can't believe I survived, not only my life, but I am still playing football 'cause half of those eight or nine years I don't even remember.

Playing guitar is like telling the truth.

I was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire.

I am a girl without game. I'm not interested in games. I think that, if you are someone who playing hard to get comes naturally to, go with God and do that.

You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose -on playing against Fischer

Games are the most elevated form of investigation.

I've been playing music most of my life.

I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of anything scarier than that?

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

I love my home, just playing games and just sleeping. No matter where you go, nothing is better than sleeping.

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.

You'd think I'd have been happiest in my life playing music in front of 50,000 people at Gillette Stadium. But let me tell you, it's an odd feeling to feel alone in the spotlight.

Since I first started playing basketball, I have just loved it, and nothing has ever made me lose that love.

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.

You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.

That is basically me, and although I have done many things in my life - conducting, playing piano, and so on - what is fundamental is my being a composer.

Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.

The playoffs is all about showing heart and playing together.

It's my language, the language I speak. I've spent a lot more time playing music than talking or writing.

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.

Gisele Bundchen is a bit of a jock. 1 of my fave shoots is her playing football

Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the bamboo's shadow, One sometimes hears the pieces being moved.

My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

I love basketball, but playing basketball doesn't fully define who I am. I was always a good student, too.

You've got Corey Feldman doing his thing, and the problem is, they're trying to be pop stars. You can't compare Salty to any of the other actors out there playing music

No doubt, I am earning more money with my endorsements than I ever earned playing soccer.

Playing music for as long as I had been playing music and then getting a shot at making a record and at having an audience and stuff, it's just like an untamed force... a different kind of energy.

In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.

When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football.

Actually, I wanted to act even when I was still playing football.

Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.

Let's all wise up. Some of us aren't fighting the fire; we're playing with fire. Flirting with the devil. Stop it! Stop it now before all hell literally breaks loose.

The No. 1 thing the people I have spent time with in my life have done for fun is playing music.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

I didn't fully realize it then, but that was the thing I was most trying to earn playing baseball. Not money. Not glory... Love.

Playing golf is like going to a strip joint. After 18 holes you are tired and most of your balls are missing.

I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.

Basketball also helps you learn to move your feet by playing defense and guarding guys, and that all carries over to playing football with staying square and having good footwork.

One of the best feelings I had growing up was being completely exhausted at the end of the day after playing outside all day.