“I would never play an extra year for money. I play the game because I love it. I just so happen to get paid. If I don't feel I still enjoy the game, I can care less what a year is worth. I'm not going to play the game just because of money.” IfsFeelsYearsStillsI CanPlayHappensCareGamesEnjoyPaidExtras Author:Michael Jordan
“I enjoy playing a quintessential antihero. There's something therapeutic about playing such characters. I know it sounds corny but I feel like I learn about myself when I play that characters.” KnowsFeelsPlayCharacterEnjoySoundCornyTherapeuticQuintessentialAntiheroes Author:Vin Diesel
“After being at the top, I don't think I could play senior tournaments, because you know how good you were. I don't know if I would enjoy that, being half of what I was.” IfsThinkingKnowsPlayEnjoyHalfKnow HowTennisSeniorTournaments Author:Chris Evert
“They want to play at being mothers. So let them. Expressing tenderness in their own way will not prevent girls from enjoying a successful career in the future; indeed, the ability to nurture is as valuable a skill in the workplace as the ability to lead.” WayWantPlayMotherGirlEnjoyAbilityCareersSuccessfulSkillsValuableTendernessNurtureWorkplaceBeing A MotherSuccessful Career Author:Anne Roiphe
“I play for the intense challenges that the game on the highest levels present. The whole team enjoys playng exciting soccer for the fans and my part in that makes me feel good about myself. The whole concept of teamwork is what keeps us all going. It's my role to create scoring chances, and to come through for my teammates is extremely satisfying.” FeelsPlayWholeGamesEnjoyChallengesChanceLevelsRolesTeamFansHighestConceptsExcitingIntenseFeel GoodSoccerTeamworkSatisfyingTeammate Author:Mia Hamm
“Nightmares are a strange thing. Your worst fear is sometimes something you enjoy thinking about, for some strange reason. I don't know why that is, but it's some kind of fantasy that people play out. "What would I do to protect my children? I'd do anything." And then, you watch it play out. I'm petrified of such a thing.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindChildrenSometimesReasonPlayEnjoyWatchesFantasyWorstStrangeProtectMy ChildrenNightmareStrange ThingsWorst Fear Author:Ethan Hawke
“I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.” KindDifferentPlayWholeCharacterCertainActorsOpportunityEnjoyRealizingChallengesRolesTransformationFortunateDifferent KindsRelish Author:Toby Jones
“A new world of complex relationships and feelings opens up when the peer group takes its place alongside the family as the emotional focus of the child's life. Early peer relationships contribute significantly to the child's ability to participate in a group (and in that sense, society), deal with competition and disappointment, enjoy the intimacy of friendships, and intuitively understand social relationships as they play out at school, in the neighborhood, and later in the workplace and adult family.” WorldChildrenPlayFeelingsSchoolSocialEnjoyAbilityDealsFocusGroupsEmotionalAdultsCompetitionComplexesDisappointmentIntimacyNeighborhoodNew WorldPeersWorkplaceSocial RelationshipsPeer GroupComplex Relationships Author:Stanley Greenspan
“Before games, people ask whether I get nervous. To be honest, I don't get nervous, I just enjoy it. I am living the dream. When I was a kid I always wanted to play for my country and now I am here, I will enjoy it.” PeopleCountryPlayDreamKidsWantedAsksGamesEnjoyHonestNervousBeing HonestLiving The Dream Author:Jermain Defoe
“I used to play golf. I wanted to be a better player, but after a while I realized I'd always stink. And that's when I really started to enjoy the game.” PlayWantedUsedGamesEnjoyPlayerGolfI RealizedStink Author:Don Rickles
“I have never written a play, a story, a poem, or my one film - anything - unless something was troubling me enough, wrecking me, in fact, to drive me back into the absurdity of writing. I do not enjoy writing.” WritingEnoughPlayFactsStoriesFilmEnjoyWrittenAbsurdity Author:Israel Horovitz
“I used to be the guy who wanted to do everything myself, wanted to write and play everything myself, but the older I've gotten, the more collaborations I've gotten. I really enjoy working with other people to create different styles of music, because I really do listen to everything, and I enjoy every kind of music. I think some of the best stuff comes from working with people who have different perspectives on the same thing.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindDifferentPlayWantedUsedGuyStuffEnjoyStylePerspectiveMusic IsUsed To BeCollaborationDifferent PerspectiveDifferent StylesWorking With Others Author:Piggy D.
“One of the favorite games I play, when I improv or take on a character, is what I like to call arrogant ignorance. That's the game I enjoy playing most.” PlayCharacterGamesEnjoyIgnoranceArrogant Author:Rob Riggle
“I have enough friends who are gamers. I actually enjoy watching them play because of the visuals and the storytelling of the games. I just love being able to go on an adventure and games are just so sophisticated now that you can just get lost in a world for 20 hours and just be someone else in a very visceral, emotional way. And that's just fascinating.” WorldWayEnoughPlayAbleGamesLostEnjoyHoursLove IsEmotionalAdventureGoes OnStorytellingVisualsFascinatingSophisticatedGamerVisceral Author:Bill Watterson
“One reason why I started fighting was because of my family, and with that, you gotta pay the bills, but I enjoy beating people up in the first place, you know, so it plays hand in hand. Beating up, and getting money!” PeopleFirstsReasonPlayHandsFightingEnjoyPayMy FamilyBillsReason WhyHand In HandGet Money Author:Houston Alexander
“Once a month I play with a chamber music quartet. I play almost no solo music anymore because I so enjoy the interaction. The members of my quartet have become some of my best friends and so I really enjoy it now in ways that I didn't before.” WayPlayEnjoyMonthsMembersInteractionSoloMy Best FriendChamberQuartetsChamber Music Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict. I don't really enjoy acting enough to not want to experience something that feels like it really affects things. It's like, if you were a surfer, would you want to surf where there was like two-foot waves, or would you want to surf on like ten-foot waves. To me, the more kind of dramatic stories are more exciting for me, to play with.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsKindPersonsTwoEnoughPlayStoriesEnjoyActingFeetTenConflictExcitingWaveDramaticSurfSingle PersonSurfer Author:Joaquin Phoenix
“I'd like to work with some of the videogame companies for the simple fact that they obviously need some sort of writer's help. I play videogames, and lately it's hard for me to enjoy them because I'm spending all my time cringing at the corny dialogue, thin characters, and glaring plot holes.” NeedsHardPlayCharacterFactsHelpingEnjoySimpleCompanySpendingHolesDialogueMy TimePlotCornyVideogame Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I play my life straight - the way I see it. I'm grateful to audiences for watching me and for enjoying what I do - but I'm not one of those who believe that a successful entertainer is made by the public, as is so often said.” WayBelieveMadeSaidPlayEnjoyAudienceSuccessfulGratefulEntertainers Author:Johnny Carson
“People think I'm into sports because I'm a man. But I'm not into sports. I like Gatorade, but that's about as far as it goes. By the way, you don't have to be sweaty and play basketball to enjoy Gatorade. You can just be a thirsty dude. Gatorade forgets about this demographic!” PeopleThinkingMenWayPlayHumorFunnySportsEnjoyForgetBasketballThirstyDemographicsGatorade Author:Mitch Hedberg
“In America everyone plays bang ball, eight ball, nine ball, that kind of stupid crap, but in Canada and Europe they play snooker which is a much more skillful game and I enjoy that. I play pool now with friends, if we go to a bar we will play, but I am nowhere near as good as I once was.” IfsKindPlayAmericaGamesEnjoyStupidEuropeBallsEightNineBarsCanadaPoolCrapBangsSkillfulSnookerEight Ball Author:Daniel Negreanu
“I always have a guitar with me. Actually, I've got several, I play every day. And I enjoy it. I'm never very far away from them. I swear I only ever get a couple days when I'm away from a guitar, and I never like it! There's always one close by, and I play every day. Or I'll be working on something in the studio and play around a bit. It's an extension of me, really.” PlayBitsEnjoyCoupleGuitarStudiosFar AwaySwearExtensions Author:Andy Summers
“I enjoy writing plays most. I haven't written a radio play in a while and I don't write short stories anymore because the process of submitting them depressed me. I really enjoy revising novels, but drafting them can be a pain.” WritingPlayStoriesPainProcessEnjoyNovelWrittenHavensRadioShort StoryRevisingDraftingRadio Plays Author:Sefi Atta
“I just really enjoying creating in general; I used to also write stories and play music and do different crafts, but illustration ended up being the creative outlet that I focused on for my career. I feel like illustration gives me the flexibility to tackle more abstract or loose ideas, as well as just enjoy the process of putting time into developing a skill.” GivingFeelsWritingWellsIdeasDifferentPlayStoriesUsedProcessEnjoyCareersCreativeSkillsCreatingGive MeFocusedCraftsDevelopingAbstractFlexibilityOutletsIllustrationCreative Outlets Author:Julie Dillon
“I love acting. I love play-acting. I love pretending. I love telling stories so whether they be comedic or serious or whatever, it doesn't really matter to me. I enjoy telling a good story. I have it all in me.” MatterPlayStoriesEnjoyActingSeriousPretendingGood StoryTelling StoriesComedic Author:Jim Carrey