I want to see a game designer nominated for a Nobel Prize.

Gamers always believe that an epic win is possible and that it's always worth trying and trying now.

When we play a game, we tackle tough challenges with more creativity, more determination, more optimism, and we're more likely to reach out to others for help.

Reality is broken and we need to make it work more like a game.

There is no problem that doesn't have some underlying need for more optimism, stamina, resilience and collaboration. And games are, I believe, the best platform we have for providing that.

When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.

I didn't accomplish what I set out to do, but I realized I had set out to do the wrong things

What's really amazing about games is how they change our emotional response to challenges

If you can manage to experience three positive emotions for every one negative emotion … you dramatically improve your health and your ability to successfully tackle any problem you're facing.

My goal for the next decade is to try to make it as easy to save the world in real life as it is to save the world in online games.

Compared with games, reality is disconnected.

We are all in such a hurry, we want everything at once. We believe that all truth can be stated in a few minutes. The answer to that is that it cannot.

Even more amazing than the wonders of Nature are the powers of the spirit.

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

If I had eyes in the back of my head, I would have told you you looked good as I walked away.

How poetry comes to the poet is a mystery.

I get Head and Tail like a quarter... in that order.

When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory.

Raising the minimum wage allows business people to stop thinking about workers simply as costs to be cut and allows you to start thinking about workers as customers to be cultivated.

I am not the archetypal leading man. This is mainly for one reason: as you may have noticed, I have no hair.

The next battle being fought by e-commerce companies will be for customer loyalty.