I just come do what I've got to do, play my game. And I don't worry if anybody likes it.
I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.
You can't play enough golf or do any of those other things that fill that kind of excitement that coaching gave me in the big games.
I was an all-around player - if I was just a scorer, there's no way the Hawks would have won 50 games four years in a row.
Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.
Whenever there is a big game and people don't think I can do it, I always play my hardest, and now it has become a part of me.
I've read all the 'Game of Thrones' books many times over, so I sometimes find it easier being on set, because it can be hard to get out of character.
Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars.
My only goal is to play 162 games and help this team win. If I can do that, everything will take care of itself.
The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.
Do not let fear keep you on the sidelines. Your number has been called, get in the game! It is your time to shine.
Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain.
The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's greatest alibi - 'We was robbed.'
Every game I've ever played, regardless if it was pre-season or Super Bowl, meant the same to me, and I laid it all on the line.
Food to eat and games to play. Tell me why, tell me why. Serve it out and eat it up. Have a try, have a try.
If parents were as concerened about raising their children as they are about the outcome of their sitcom or sports game, this nation would thrive.
People are tired of just watching their TV set passively. They are playing interactive games today. They are on the Internet interacting. They want to be part of their TV set.
We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.
I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.
The first Nintendo game I ever got was 'Clash at Demonhead.' I got into anime and manga thanks to that Canadian classic, 'Sailor Moon.'
Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game.
