“Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts.” MadeUsedGamesWinningChildhoodDadMy DadMade ItNutsMum Author:Lee Westwood
“It's easy for me not to go to Mass on the road. But I've made a fundamental decision. I'm going to be dedicated. I'm going to make the time. I'm going to get up, if that means getting up at seven on a Sunday morning before a day game and do it, I'm going to do it.” IfsMeanMadeGamesEasyDecisionMorningMassFundamentalsSevenGet UpSundayDedicatedSunday Morning Author:Mike Piazza
“Making it to the NFL is a huge accomplishment. Making it in the NFL is a huge accomplishment, but I haven't done that yet. No matter how many games we've played, it's still hard to figure out when you've made it in the NFL.” MadeStillsMatterHardDoneGamesHavensFiguresHugeMade ItAccomplishmentNfl Author:Robert Griffin III
“If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.” IfsMadeBigsGamesAttitudeTeamSpringTrainingLeaguePolishGood AttitudeSpring Training Author:Cory Lidle
“Cricket pays well, so a lot of people are naturally drawn towards the game. But to carve a niche in non-cricket sports is not easy. So state governments need to be proactive. Indians need to be made aware of the power of an Olympic medal. It should be treated at par with an Oscars or a Nobel Prize.” PeopleNeedsShouldWellsMadeStatesGovernmentGamesEasySportsPayTreatedPrizeOscarsCricketMedalNicheNobelNobel PrizeState GovernmentProactiveOlympic Medals Author:Gagan Narang
“Wine makes all things possible. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, The Mystery Knight A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones Nothing burns like the cold. GEORGE R. R. MARTIN, A Game of Thrones Laughter is poison to fear.” MadeGamesMysteryTreeWindColdLaughterAll ThingsWinePoisonThronesLiving ThingsKnightsCold Wind Author:George R. R. Martin
“So we are headed for a time when there won't be anything but movies that are essentially made like video games, and actors will become obsolete, and then the big stars will be people who live in Brentwood or wherever it is, and they have a show called, I don't know, "Pool Parties of Brentwood" or something like that.” PeopleKnowsMadeShowsBigsActorsGamesStarsPartyVideoPoolObsoletePool Party Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Women made up 44% of Olympic competitors at London 2012 - the greatest show of gender equality in Olympic history. By comparison, in the 1908 Games men outnumbered women 53 to 1.” MenMadeShowsGamesGenderLondonComparisonCompetitorsGender Equality Author:Donna de Varona
“The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and the genius of commanding and moving pieces and ... No. It's marriage. The Queen moves anywhere she wants.” MenWantMadeWarMovingGamesMarriagePiecesGeniusBraveryChessMade ItQueens Author:Bill Cosby
“Used to think that luck wuz luck and nuthin' else but luck-- It made no diff'rence how or when or where or why it struck; But sev'ral years ago I changt my mind, an' now proclaim That luck's a kind uv science--same as any other game.” ThinkingYearsMindKindMadeUsedGamesYears AgoLuck Book:Songs and Other Verse Source: Songs and Other Verse
“The essence of spirituality does not consist in a specialised or narrow interest in some imagined part of life, but in a certain enlightened attitude to all the various situations which obtain in life. It covers and includes the whole of life. All the material things of this world can be made subservient to the divine game, and when they are thus subordained they become auxiliary to the self-affirmation of the spirit.” WorldDoeMadeSelfWholeSpiritCertainSpiritualityGamesInterestAttitudeSituationThis WorldDivineMaterialsEssenceVariousEnlightenedAffirmationParts Of LifeMaterial ThingsSubservientSelf Affirmation Author:Meher Baba
“There really has been only one thing in my life that has made me feel complete, and that is the game of football. The ability to throw a football was my God-given talent. That was my blessing and my passion; that was my calling in live, and everything that I've accomplished has derived from that.” FeelsHas BeensMadePassionGamesGivenAbilityOne ThingTalentFootballCallingBlessingAccomplishedMy PassionMy BlessingGod Given Talents Author:Terry Bradshaw
“The university is well structured, well tooled, to turn out people with all the sharp edges worn off, the well-rounded person. The university is well equipped to produce that sort of person, and this means that the best among the people who enter must for four years wander aimlessly much of the time questioning why they are on campus at all, doubting whether there is any point in what they are doing, and looking toward a very bleak existence afterward in a game in which all of the rules have been made up, which one cannot really amend.” PeopleYearsWellsMeanPersonsHas BeensMadeTurnsGamesExistenceDoubtFourProduceUniversityEdgesWanderFour YearsQuestioningWornCampusBleakWell RoundedSharp EdgesQuestioning Why Author:Mario Savio
“All I can tell you is I played with Johnny Mitchell. Johnny Mitchell was one of the greatest athletic talents I ever played with, but I could never trust him. When the game was on the line and he was supposed to run an out route at 10 yards, he would run an in route at eight and slide to the outside and scream to me that he was open. But it was how he got open that really made me uncomfortable in trusting him.” MadeI CanRunningGamesSportsLinesTalentEightUncomfortableScreamYardsRoutesAthleticSlidesNever TrustTrusting Him Author:Boomer Esiason
“I basically made the movie from the crew's suggestions. For one scene, I wanted some kids' toys against the wall in Mikey's room, to give the scene texture, and we tried a field hockey stick. It looked really good to me, until someone had to say that in America, field hockey is more of a girl's game. Gradually I got tuned into the world - that happens on every movie.” WorldGivingMadeHappensKidsWantedAmericaGirlGamesRoomsFieldsWallSceneSticksHockeyToysCrewSuggestionsTextureMikeyHockey SticksField Hockey Author:Ang Lee
“EA called my agency and made us an offer and I was really enthusiastic about this, really excited to do it. I had Need for Speed: Underground already, the first one. And I'm a bit of a gamer, and definitely car enthusiast, so I've done a lot of things to my cars that people can do in this game. Everything from after-market kits to styling them, exteriorly with wheels, rims, and kits. You name it I have some fun doin' that.” PeopleNeedsFirstsMadeDoneGamesNamesFunBitsCan DoCarOffersExcitedSpeedAgencyWheelsEnthusiasticGamerRims Author:Brooke Burke
“I'll never forget the catch he made to save the game.” MadeGamesForgetBaseballNever Forget Author:Don Larsen
“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
“I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth. Who won't accept deception instead of what is truth. It seems we lose the game, before we even start to play. Who made these rules? We're so confused. Easily led astray.” MadePlaySeemsGamesLosesAcceptingStruggleYouthDeceptionConfusedSo Confused Author:Lauryn Hill
“Oh, yes, of course I like music, too. Very much. It's so pleasant of an evening, especially when made by your friends at home. I often say I like it better than cards. Though I must say I do like a good game of bridge.” MadeHomeCoursesGamesMusicCardsEveningBridgesPleasant Author:Dorothy Canfield Fisher
“I don't think anybody in the game over the last several years has made more plays than Richard Sherman.” ThinkingYearsMadePlayLastsGamesNflSuper BowlGame Over Author:Deion Sanders
“This game has taken a lot of guys over the years who would have had to work in factories and gas stations and made them prominent people. I only had a high school education, and believe me, I had to cheat to get that. There isn't a college in the world that would have me and yet in this business you can walk into a room with millionaires, doctors, professional people and get more attention than they get. I don't know any other business where you can do that.” PeopleKnowsWorldYearsBelieveMadeSchoolGuyGamesCan DoWalksRoomsAttentionTakenCollegeHigh SchoolDoctorsGasStationsFactoriesBelieve In MeCheatMillionaireProminentSchool EducationGas Stations Author:Sparky Anderson
“There is a lot of money to be made from miseducation, from the easy to read easy to learn textbooks, workbooks, teacher manuals, educational games and visual aids. The textbook business is more than a billion-dollar-a-year industry and some of its biggest profits come from 'audio-visual aids' - flash cards, tape cassettes, and filmstrips. No wonder the education industry encourages schools to focus on surface education.” YearsMadeSchoolGamesEasyEducationWonderFocusTeacherIndustryDollarsProfitEducationalSurfaceAidsBillionsCardsVisualsTapeFlashLots Of MoneyTextbooksManualsAudioCassettesAudio Visual Book:Marva Collins Way Source: Marva Collins Way
“Mistakes don't scare me or bother me. If I feel like I made the same mistake twice, then I feel like I've really screwed up. But if I make one mistake and learn from it, hey, to me in the game of life it's just as important to know what doesn't work as what does. So I think mistakes are a good thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsDoeMadeImportantGamesMistakeGood ThingsHeyBotherScareScrewed UpSame MistakesOne Mistake Author:Garth Brooks
“You write a spec, and you pour your heart and soul and life into a spec, and you think that spec is the movie that's going to sell and get made... I've never heard of anybody that happened to. What happens is, you write a spec, people get it, they see your writing, they see you're good, they bring you into their office and they say, "Boy, that spec was really good - we'll never make that in a million years. We have rights to the board game of Monopoly. What do you think about a Monopoly movie?".” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsHeartMadeSoulHappensGamesBoysMillionsRightsHappenedHeardOfficeSellsBoardsMonopolyHeart And SoulBoard GamesSpecs Author:Robert Ben Garant
“I owe baseball all that I have and much of what I hope to have. Baseball made my entrance to the film industry immeasurably easier than I could have made it alone. To the greatest game in the world I shall be eternally in debt.” WorldMadeFilmGamesIndustryEasierBaseballDebtMade ItEntrancesFilm Industry Author:Chuck Connors
“When Russell was out, you stepped your game up for me, for the team. There were nights where you made me look way better than I am. You clean up so many of our mistakes, man, and we appreciate that. From everybody on the team, we appreciate that, man, and I thank you so much for giving me confidence when I didn't have it, for always being there when I wanted to talk to you, when I wanted to call, for arguing with me all the time, making me better, and realizing I'm not always right. Thank you, man. I appreciate you.” MenWayGivingLooksMadeWantedNightGamesRealizingMistakeTeamAppreciateCleanArguingBeing ThereHumblingMvpAppreciate You Author:Kevin Durant
“Heaped on the floor were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, bartrels of oysters, re-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam.” LongMadeGamesHotMeatApplesCakeImmenseBowlsPigsPieOrangeDeliciousTurkeysChamberJointsSteamGeeseCherriesOystersSausagePuddingJuicyPlumsPearsWreathsChestnutsPoultrySeething Author:Charles Dickens
“During one of the 4th quarter huddles, LeBron said to him, 'It doesn't matter what happens to this point. No one is going to remember how many points you had or what type of game you had. Just help us make some plays to win this thing.' And he made some big plays.” MadeSaidMatterPlayHelpingBigsHappensRememberGamesWinningTypeQuartersChampionshipNba ChampionshipsPlay To Win Author:Erik Spoelstra
“Turtles have always been my sigil, I suppose. When I was a kid, growing up in Bayonne, NJ, I lived in a federal housing project, and we were not allowed to have a dog or cats. The only pets I could have were turtles. So, I had an entire toy castle filled with dime-store turtles. I gave them all names, and since they were living in a toy castle, I decided they were all knights and kingsand I made up stories about how they killed each other and betrayed each other and fought for the kingdom. So, Game of Thrones, actually began with turtles. I decided later to recast it with actual human beings.” HumansMadeStoriesKidsGamesNamesHuman BeingsGrowing UpGrowingDogProjectsCatDecidedFilledStoresKingdomsPetToysThronesBetrayedHousingCastlesKnightsDimesTurtlesKids Growing UpMade Up Stories Author:George R. R. Martin
“Of the properties of mathematics, as a language, the most peculiar one is that by playing formal games with an input mathematical text, one can get an output text which seemingly carries new knowledge. The basic examples are furnished by scientific or technological calculations: general laws plus initial conditions produce predictions, often only after time-consuming and computer-aided work. One can say that the input contains an implicit knowledge which is thereby made explicit.” MadeLawGamesLanguageConditionsExampleProduceComputerMathematicsPropertyMathematicalCarriePlusPeculiarFormalTechnologicalPredictionsInitialsConsumingCalculationsInputExplicitOutputImplicitTime ConsumingNew Knowledge Author:IU?. I. Manin
“Life's a game made for everyone and love is the prize. So wake me up when it's all over - when I'm wiser and I'm older. All this time I was finding myself and I didn't know I was lost.” KnowsMadeGamesLostLove IsFindingsAnd LovePrizeWiserFinding Myself Author:Avicii
“I do not doubt that services like social games and coupons bring delight to peoples lives, and I mean no disrespect to the hard work that has made them possible. But in the face of threats to humanitys future on the one hand and the extraordinary potential of mankind on the other, at some point we must ask: are we capable of more?” MeanMadeHardHandsFacesAsksGamesSocialDoubtMankindHard WorkCapableThreatExtraordinaryDelightDisrespect Author:Justin Rosenstein
“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
“I want to go get a stop on defense so James can do it again. It was a big spurt for him. That made then get out of their game plan and play him closer. But when he does that, we want to make sure we capitalize and get timely stops. And that's what got us right back in the game.” WantDoeMadePlayBigsGamesCan DoPlansDefenseChampionshipTimelyNba ChampionshipsGame PlanNba FinalsBack In The Game Author:Chris Bosh
“The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head--no intricate game of chess where few moves are made in straight-forwardness and ends are attained by indirection, an oblique, tedious, barren game hardly worth that poor candle burnt out in playing it.” LongMadeEndsMovingLife IsGamesPoorChessCandleSailorTediousBarrenIntricateCandorFranknessFinesseBurnt Out Book:Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales Source: Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales
“Does anyone believe for one moment that the progress we have made would have been possible under bureaucratic control of any government. This country was founded upon the principle of the regulation of private effort, of making rules for the game, and under that system alone can we look for the same success in the future which has been ours in the past. Our position today is the direct result of the free play among our people of private competitive effort.” PeopleBelieveLooksDoeHas BeensMadeCountryPlayMomentsGovernmentTodayPastGamesResultsEffortPrinciplesProgressPositionDirectCompetitionRegulationFree Play Author:Roger Babson
“My first big mistake was made when, in a moment of weakness, I consented to learn the game; for a man who can frankly say "I do not play bridge" is allowed to go over in the corner and run the pianola by himself, while the poor neophyte, no matter how much he may protest that he isn't "at all a good player, in fact I'm perfectly rotten," is never believed, but dragged into a game where it is discovered, too late, that he spoke the truth.” MenFirstsMayMadeMatterPlayMomentsFactsBigsRunningGamesPoorMistakePlayerLateWeaknessCornersCardsBridgesToo LateProtestSpokesRottenBig MistakeMistakes Were MadeMoments Of Weakness Book:Of All Things Source: Of All Things
“I have always made sure that I put my game ahead of anything else, sometimes even before friends and family.” MadeSometimesGamesFamily And Friends Author:Rohan Bopanna
“I look back over my career and I almost pissed it away. I got a second chance and I've made the most of my opportunity. I play every game like it's the last game of my career.” LooksMadePlayLastsOpportunityGamesChanceCareersSecond Chance Author:Albert Belle
“I love her (Lucifer), with all my heart. She said that she would give me greatness, status, placement above the others. A match made in heaven, set the fires in hell. The devil on me. Game got my soul. Momma said beware of what the devil do. Tell'em that your soul's not for sale. Every dream is designed and broadcasted from the masters to the masses.” GivingHeartMadeSaidSoulDreamGamesHeavenHellFireGreatnessMastersMy HeartMassDevilGive MeMy SoulYour SoulEmsLuciferMommaPlacement Author:Lupe Fiasco