Politics is not a game for naive thinkers. You may go in as an idealist, but you certainly won't come out as one.
There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like you're a savvy politician.
As a football team, you head into the season the same way with confidence and a positive mindset that you are going to win a bunch of football games.
On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won't spend yours...
Coaches aren't concentrating enough of the technical part of this game and that could lead to injuries.
The sad fact of life: Winners love the game. Losers don't.
The bowl games are only supposed to be a fun reward.
And I don't watch cricket. How can you like a game that requires you to take four days off work to follow a Test?
You know, I think more people should watch women's basketball. It'd do so much for the game.
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
You never understood games. Maybe that's why the world was such a mystery to you.
So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.
All dreams. If there was love or pity for him, it was only in his dreams.
So the whole war is beause we can't talk to each other.
I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for.
The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.
He had so much damn respect he wanted to scream.
A good commander, thought Ender, doesn't have to make stupid threats.
History tends to play games with the truth, but at least it does so with a flourish.
Never bet your money on another man's game.
There really is more to this world than meets the casual or untutored eye.
