“There are several insights at the heart of the A’s system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it’s a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god’s sake don’t go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy.” ThinkingHeartGuyGamesDifferencesPlayerWonderfulTeamBaseballSakeBlowInsightBudgetsQuarters Author:Michael Lewis
“It obviously makes a difference whether we consider ourselves as pawns in a game whose rules we call reality or as players of the game who know that the rules are ‘real’ only to the extent that we have created or accepted them, and that we can change them.” KnowsRealRealityGamesDifferencesPlayerAcceptedMaking A DifferencePawns Book:The art of change: strategic therapy and hypnotherapy without trance Source: The art of change: strategic therapy and hypnotherapy without trance
“It's the difference between watching a football game between two teams you don't care about, and watching a game where you have some kind of personal identity with one of the teams, if only a huge bet.” IfsKindTwoCareGamesDifferencesTeamIdentityFootballHugeDon't CareFootball GamePersonal Identity Author:Hunter S. Thompson
“The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.” LooksGuyGamesWinningRealizingDifferencesToughBaseballBiggerTwentiesLuckBuddyPitcherNineteen Author:Warren Spahn
“Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.” KnowsGamesDifferencesGoldOlympicsCommonwealthReceptionBronzeCommonwealth Games Author:Gagan Narang
“Whoever said "It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game" is full of it! Winning makes all the difference in the world. Winning is fun. Losing is not. Losing sucks.” WorldSaidPlayGamesWinningFunLosesDifferencesLosingWin Or Lose Book:My Prison Without Bars Source: My Prison Without Bars
“I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know I bet on my own team to win. There's pretty much a big difference there, but both of us were wrong.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWellsBigsGamesWinningDifferencesMy OwnTeamSeriesWorld Series Author:Pete Rose
“Personally I don't think there's any real intrinsic difference between comic books, movies, theatre, novels. I know there's sure to be some differences of some sorts. I've worked on novels, films, and video games, and in an adaptation, I guess one of the issues is that I have to be in love with the thing I'm adapting before I do it. So that can cause a problem. You can be too scared of it. You could be too reverential. But at the same time you want to try to capture this thing that you're obsessed by. You're fixated for a reason. What's the reason? You try to get ahold of it.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingBookRealReasonProblemFilmGamesCausesDifferencesNovelIssuesScaredTheatreVideoComicObsessedCaptureComic BookAdaptationAdaptingMovie Theatre Author:Alex Garland
“There is no war on terrorism; it is the great game speeded up. The difference is the rampant nature of the superpower, ensuring infinite dangers for us all.” WarGamesDifferencesDangerInfiniteTerrorismSuperpowerWar On TerrorNo WarWar On Terrorism Author:John Pilger
“All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characters... People think there's some dramatic difference between writing 'Little Bear' and the 'Hunger Games,' and as a writer, for me, there isn't.” PeopleThinkingNeedsWritingLittlesCharacterStoriesGamesDifferencesBearsElementsHungerDramaticGood StoryGood Character Author:Suzanne Collins
“The chief difference between big-game fishing and weightlifting is that weightlifters never clutter up their library walls with stuffed barbells” BigsGamesDifferencesSeaWallRiversLibraryFishesBoatChiefsLakesFishingClutterWeightliftingBarbell Author:Ed Zern
“The difference between now and when I played during my younger days is my drives are shorter and my short game is longer.” GamesDifferencesGolfYounger Days Author:Simon Hobday
“The fans made a difference in the outcome of the game. It was one of those games that Florida really did have to beat the team on the field and in the stands.” MadeGamesDifferencesTeamFansFieldsBeatsOutcomesFloridaTigersLsu Author:Gerry DiNardo
“They [people of Afghanistan] didn't want Al-Qaeda in their country. They didn't appreciate the Taliban taking control. But they really have an incredible amount of dignity. And by that, they are grateful for America's help in ridding them of the Taliban. The average, ordinary person is glad that their daughter can go to school now. There's no public executions, no banning of soccer games. The difference is, they're appreciative, but they don't want any prolonged military presence of the United States there.” PeopleWantPersonsCountryStatesHelpingSchoolAmericaGamesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryAmountOrdinaryDaughterAppreciateDignityGratefulIncrediblesAverageGladSoccerAlsAfghanistanExecutionAl QaedaTalibanAppreciativeOrdinary PersonSoccer GameMilitary Presence Author:Immortal Technique
“When you look at all of the great players who ever played the game, they all had that other gear that they could go to, and it makes a world of difference.” WorldLooksGamesDifferencesPlayerGears Author:Tiger Woods
“In every game, there's three teams out there. There's the two basketball teams and the team of officials. If the two teams are evenly matched, it can come down to number of possessions. If one out-of-bounds call goes the wrong way, that can be the difference.” IfsWayTwoThreeGamesDifferencesNumbersTeamBasketballBoundsPossessionOfficialsWrong WayMatchedBasketball Team Author:Tom Heinsohn
“A good game impresses you with what you're doing. I think that's a fundamental difference that I as a game designer need to recede in the background.” ThinkingNeedsGamesDifferencesFundamentalsBackgroundsDesignerImpress Author:Sid Meier
“When I gave up me, I became more. I became a captain, a leader, a better person and I came to understand that life is a team game...And you know what?...I've found most people aren't team players. They don't realize that life is the only game in town. Someone should tell them. It has made all the difference in the world to me.” PeopleKnowsWorldShouldPersonsMadeLife IsFoundGamesRealizingDifferencesLeaderPlayerTeamTownsCaptainsGave UpBetter PersonTeam Player Author:Don Mattingly
“The only difference between a winning team and a losing team is one game. The winning team can win two out of three games...the losing team can only win one out of three.” TwoThreeGamesWinningDifferencesTeamLosingWinning Team Author:Vin Scully
“The only difference between me and the fans is I can't eat or drink during the game and you guys can't make moves. Besides that, we are pretty much the same people.” PeopleI CanMovingGuyGamesDifferencesFansDrinkMake A Move Author:Ozzie Guillen
“I believe a family can be like that sports team. A successful family wins as a team. But if its members are intent upon winning their own individual battles with one another, the team loses. A winning solution is to work out the differences and, when it's over, let it be over. Then they can get back in the game as a team.” IfsBelieveGamesWinningIndividualI BelieveSportsLosesDifferencesSuccessfulTeamBattleMembersSolutionsWork OutGet BackSports TeamPower StruggleBack In The Game Author:Steve Goodier
“At River Belle we don't just listen to our customers, we also try to anticipate their demands and be the first to market with the features that become industry standards. This extended variety of games is a huge step toward creating a one-stop gaming experience that makes a world of difference for our players.” WorldTryingFirstsGamesDifferencesStepsPlayerHugeIndustryDemandCreatingStandardsRiversCustomersVarietyFeaturesBellsAnticipateJust ListenGamingBelle Author:Tim Johnson
“I like games where you can use stealth and guile. As you get older, it's like the difference between playing squash and racketball. Squash is an older man's game, because if you're stealthy and wily, you can beat a better-co-ordinated and stronger, younger person.” IfsMenPersonsUseGamesDifferencesBeatsStrongerSquashStealthOlder ManGuile Author:Nolan Bushnell
“People can buy a bottle of gin and drink it at home for about a buck a drink, whereas they are willing to go to a bar and pay 12 bucks for the same cocktail. The difference is that man needs to be social. So I believe that there is a strong demand for games that are social.” PeopleMenNeedsBelieveHomeGamesStrongI BelieveSocialDifferencesPayWillingDrinkDemandBarsBottlesBucksCocktailsGin Author:Nolan Bushnell
“I am a design chauvinist. I believe that good design is magical and not to be lightly tinkered with. The difference between a great design and a lousy one is in the meshing of the thousand details that either fit or don't, and the spirit of the passionate intellect that has tied them together, or tried. That's why programming - or buying software - on the basis of "lists of features" is a doomed and misguided effort. The features can be thrown together, as in a garbage can, or carefully laid together and interwoven in elegant unification, as in APL, or the Forth language, or the game of chess.” BelieveTogetherSpiritGamesLanguageI BelieveDifferencesEffortDesignFitThousandBasesPassionateDetailsIntellectListsChessFeaturesProgrammingBuyingThrownSoftwareTiedDoomedElegantGarbageMisguidedGood DesignUnificationGreat DesignGarbage Cans Author:Ted Nelson