Chris Evert Quotes

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

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• As a trial lawyer, intelligence is important only in the sense that it allows you to play the game, if you will. Without it, you don't even have a ticket into the competitive arena. But beyond that, it doesn't get you very far at all.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • Important
  • Game
  • Lawyer

• Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.

  

  Warren Spector
  • Game
  • Want
  • Audience

• It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Game
  • Passion
  • Football

• The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.

  

  Florence Scovel Shinn
  • Life
  • Game
  • Words

• During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • People
  • Mind
  • Game

• I grew up playing video games. And the cool thing about the EA Sports games is they took me through the whole motion-capture thing, where they put little sensors on my body so the video game really is me. It actually moves the way I move.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Up
  • Game
  • Cool

• There's about one sword-swallower per 2 to 4 million persons in each country.

  

  Hans Rosling
  • Country
  • Million
  • Per

• In the past, TSR and now Wizards of the Coast have asked me to do game stats for my characters, and I'm never comfortable doing that. It's all relative after all.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • Game
  • Past
  • Me

• Down time is not the name of the game.

  

  Usher
  • Time
  • Game
  • Name

• I've gone on streaks where I haven't shot the ball well here, but I was always making up for it in other areas, so it wasn't as big. It's just a part of the game. I got to do better with it.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Up
  • Game
  • Always

• When the game is on, I want to be on the field, but I'm willing to catch, walk, run. I just want to be there. I'll even be water boy.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Game
  • Water
  • Boy

• But it is a black man's game, and it will be forever.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Game
  • Man
  • Black

• I don't know what my label is. I just think of myself as a plain forward. I like to think I have some finesse to my game, but inside the paint is where men are made. If you can't play there, you should be home with your mama.

  

  Karl Malone
  • Men
  • Home
  • Game

• There's not a Sunday that goes past that I'm not excited to play this game. I feel as if I'm a lucky individual to have the opportunity to play this game, and when I do have the opportunity to finally play, you can bet your last dollar I will be excited to play.

  

  Cam Newton
  • Game
  • Past
  • Opportunity

• Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

  

  Magnus Carlsen
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Game

• I cannot get myself interested in video games. I've been given video game players and they just sit there connected to my TVs gathering dust until eventually I unplug them so I can put in another special-region DVD player.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Game
  • Myself
  • Player

• If you got a dope girl, there's going to be people that want her. But I don't know, I've always kept my 'A-game' on point. I just make a point to make sure the woman that I'm with is taken care of. You got to keep it new, so I go out of my way to make them feel special.

  

  Lance Gross
  • People
  • Game
  • Girl

• When I first got into the rap game, I had an early dream of unifying rappers.

  

  Ice T
  • Game
  • Dream
  • Rap

• I'm probably the guy who keeps it loose around the room and tries to joke around with guys before the game, keeping things funny.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Guy
  • Game
  • Funny

• The president can't succeed without Congress, and Congress can't succeed without the president. The image of one depends on the image of another. It is not a zero-sum game.

  

  John Quelch
  • Game

• I think coming from the Northwest is something that's born in your blood. On my mom's side, I'm, like, a sixth-generation Oregonian. My family came over in the covered wagons, 'Oregon Trail'-video-game style. Maybe the pioneer mentality runs in my blood because they were all pioneers.

  

  Mat Kearney
  • Family
  • Game
  • Mom

• I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Science
  • Human
  • Monster

• There's definitely a loneliness and, like, an internal element to being a performer.

  

  Anna Faris

• Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.

  

  Chris Evert
  • Game