“The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.” FirstsGamesRolesHungerAuditions Author:Dayo Okeniyi
“On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game.” FirstsSeemsGamesSimpleEms Author:Richard Roeper
“A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh, then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.” YearsFirstsPlayGamesLaughingAliveTearsBabyTrainingMy SisterI SmileSmile And Laugh Author:Ali Smith
“I started boxing when I was eight. I enjoyed when I could hit someone and they couldn't hit me back. It was like a game for me. The feeling of knocking someone out. My first knockout victory was when I was ten. He went down and his nose started to bleed, so they stopped it.” FirstsFeelingsGamesVictoryTenDown AndEightEnjoyedNosesBoxingKnockingKnockouts Author:Emanuel Steward
“Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost. The idea is hard to accept. We all have emotional equity in our first draft; we can't believe that it wasn't born perfect. But the odds are close to 100 percent that it wasn't.” WritingFirstsBelieveWellsIdeasHardGamesLostBornPerfectAcceptingEmotionalPercentEssenceOddsEquityRewritingWriting Well Author:William Zinsser
“When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first.” KnowsFirstsGamesNamesPopsOscars Author:LeBron James
“The first game of the year is always an in-season adjustment game.” YearsFirstsGamesSeasonsAdjustment Author:Tony Romo
“I remember my first commercial. This is really great 'Degrassi' trivia: The character Toby on 'Degrassi,' played by Jake Goldsbie, he and I were in both of our first commercial ever when we were four. It was for Tiger Toys, this old Game Boy-type thing. Both of our lines were, 'Mommy, I can do it!” FirstsI CanCharacterRememberGamesCan DoLinesBoysFourTypeToysReally GreatTigersI Can Do ItJakeTriviaToby Author:Charlotte Arnold
“Sometimes, when you work with directors who have done it a lot and are established in the business and know the game, there are all these rules that they have. First-time directors will allow you to come in with choices. They're not so jaded by actors that they're like, 'Ugh, just do your job, man.” KnowsMenFirstsSometimesDoneJobsChoicesActorsGamesDirectorsFirst TimeJadedUgh Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I loved to play, I was competitive, I wanted to win, that was all I knew. In the first few years tennis is a game. Later, it becomes a job.” YearsFirstsPlayWantedJobsGamesWinningTennis Author:Gabriela Sabatini
“It seems like yesterday I was up there watching my first NHL game, and I was skating on the ice this time. It brings back memories, but at the same time it's something I'll remember forever.” FirstsSeemsRememberGamesMemoriesForeverYesterdayIceNhlSkating Author:Sidney Crosby
“Do you remember when we were kids and played that game 'Telephone'? It was like that. The first time I heard about it, someone said he'd been shot 17 times.” FirstsSaidKidsRememberGamesHeardShotsFirst TimeTelephonesRemember When Author:Carson Daly
“It's been an incredible few weeks for Emma Pooley, first winning three stages in the Giro Rosa to demonstrate that she's the best climber in the women's peloton, then lining up for La Course - a race she helped to make happen - on the Champs-Elyses. So, it may come as a surprise to hear that she will retire after the Commonwealth Games road race on Sunday.” FirstsMayHappensThreeCoursesGamesWinningRaceWeekStageSurpriseIncrediblesSundayRetiringCommonwealthEmmaClimbersRosaLining UpCommonwealth Games Author:Emma Pooley
“Andrew Luck, if he gets to his first Super Bowl and he wins that Super Bowl, that means he won on the road every game except for that first playoff game. He went and beat Peyton Manning…Then that means he went and beat Tom Brady…Then he would either have to beat Aaron Rodgers or the Seattle Seahawks. That’s a pretty tough hill to climb. If he does that, he’s just solidified himself in that conversation as an elite quarterback.” IfsFirstsMeanDoeGamesWinningConversationBeatsToughLuckHillsClimbsElitesTomsBowlsQuarterbackSuper BowlAndrewSeattlePlayoffsBradyPeytonPlayoff GamesAaron Rodgers Author:Charles Woodson