Game Quotes
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I had thrown my body in for art... I had thrown myself into this game for art. You know, I was not a very good artist. But this was, like, one thing I could do. (On being photographed nude playing chess with Marcel Duchamp at Duchamp's 1963 retrospective at the Pasadena Museum of Art.)
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You can't give up those big plays in these kind of games and overcome them.
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I think they will be good, I just don't know how fast they'll be good. I don't know if early we'll be as good. I don't like to say we're not going to be as good. We'll be what we are. We'll work our tail off and try to win every game and see what happens. I didn't think we'd be 18-0 in league last year, either.
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There aren't many differences. You won't play unless you play 'D' - that's the biggest similarity. They're both teachers of the game, and I like the way they both get out there and they show you what they want you to do. It's not just about 'Do this' and then don't explain it to you.
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It's time for which one of us is Hikaru-kun game!
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He never once has made any emphasis on his last home game or his last game. It's just been status quo.
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This is not some silly game...This is life and death Angels and demons.
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Life is so complicated a game that the devices of skill are liable to be defeated at every turn by air-blown chances, incalculable as the descent of thistle-down.
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There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.
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Defense was the key. We were lazy before the game, but at halftime, we didn't look back, we looked ahead.
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It's just an announced crowd. I don't know that you could give an accurate count at a game. It's an announced crowd, unless somebody has a computerized system in place.
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College football is the only game in the country, of any kind, that the college game is longer than the pro game.
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The first game was against Wake Forrest - I'll never forget that game.
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The consumer game is tougher than pro football and more conniving than chess. One side industry invents the rules and the other side consumers is left to guess what they are.
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There's no fun in arguing if you never get shown up. Who plays a game it there's no chance they'll lose? I do so crave to be proven wrong,. It is as sweet as proving yourself right, when done properly.
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A lot of the difference between an IM and GM is a seriousness to the game. The GM is willing to go through all this. He's willing to put up with anything. This shows his dedication. One other thing is the GMs superiority in tactics. For example Christiansen can find tactics in any position. If you're a GM you should be able to overpower the IM tactically. The GM will often blow out the IM in this area.
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The only thing I want to do is keep working and keep giving everything I can in every game.
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I just come every day, do my stuff before the game, work hard. You work hard, and it pays off.
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He just hit one of those shots. You wish when you hit a shot like that you win a game rather than lose a game.
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I hit a home run in my first game, and they told me to go into the stands and pass my cap around. I made six dollars in nickels, dimes, and quarters.
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Baseball is a game of the soul.
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Your private life, exposed, has a lingering effect on your mind and your game.
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We wouldn't have him here if we didn't think he could handle it. Just talking to him and looking at him, he certainly doesn't look like an 18-year-old. He can gain a lot of experience just talking with these guys and watching how they play the game.
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It's just another important win. They're all big wins. We're desperate. We didn't get the start (of the game) we were looking for. But we got back to our game and got some great goals. (It's) just another two points and there's a lot of hockey to be played.
