“Players very widely disagree with me about what's hard and what's easy. and in a way, 'I won, but it was a fight' is the best compliment a game can receive.” WayHardFightingGamesEasyPlayerComplimentDisagree Author:Graham Nelson
“The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them.” PeopleHardUseAsksGamesWinningSecretImpressionCommandAsk MeComplaintsDebugging Author:Graham Nelson
“I do my own analysis on the teams I am refereeing. I will know some of the personalities, the players who could be difficult customers in a scrum situation, the ones I am going to have to really work hard on early in the game to get what I want.” KnowsWantHardGamesDifficultMy OwnSituationPlayerTeamHard WorkPersonalityCustomersAnalysisScrum Author:Alan Lewis
“To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together.” YearsHas BeensRealHardTogetherGamesIndividualSacrificeTeamHard WorkHonorDeterminationSouthLondonSouth AfricaSelectedOlympic GamesRelays Author:Oscar Pistorius
“I suppose it hacks me off sometimes when people go on about all the other stuff, because I have really worked hard at my game, and I've been incredibly dedicated in getting myself fit, and getting my game right.” PeopleSometimesHardGamesStuffGoes OnFitDedicatedHacks Author:Jamie Redknapp
“I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?” ThinkingNeedsHardFilmGamesRiskPropertyMore MoneyHalos Author:Rupert Sanders
“Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.” YearsHardPlayGamesAbility Author:Jim Thome
“I've always learned when you win a game, no matter what the stats look like, you have to enjoy the victories because they are hard to come by.” LooksMatterHardGamesWinningEnjoyLike YouVictoryNo Matter What Author:Mike Tice
“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
“It's hard to say when my interest in writing began, or how. My mother read to my sister and me every night, and we always loved playing make-believe games. I had a well-primed imagination. I didn't start thinking about writing as a serious pursuit, a career I could have, until after college.” ThinkingWritingBelieveWellsHardMotherNightGamesInterestImaginationCareersCollegeSeriousPursuitMy SisterEvery NightMake BelievePlaying Make Believe Author:Sara Zarr
“You still really fight for good parts. It never stops. It's never a breeze. The people at the top of their game work as hard as the people at the bottom.” PeopleStillsHardFightingGamesBottomBreeze Author:Steve Zahn
“I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.” HardGamesWatchesFocusTelevisionFootballColdCommentaryFootball GameReplay Author:John Legend
“It's just like high school. If you're a freshman or a sophomore, it's hard to tell the seniors who've been through two, three, playoff games what to do.” IfsTwoHardSchoolThreeGamesHigh SchoolSeniorPlayoffsFreshmanSophomorePlayoff Games Author:Tony Romo
“I've been playing games for 30 years, and I've been a hard-core gamer.” YearsHardGamesCoreGamerPlaying GamesHard Core Author:Curt Schilling
“If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.” PeopleIfsWayRealHardGuyGamesWinningSportsAchieveWorstHard WorkDeservePrejudiceReal LifeWorst ThingsInertiaBeing PlayedWhat You Deserve Author:Daley Thompson
“In these early games you're focused on your performance. Just coming out and playing hard. There's not a lot you can do in terms of preparing and in terms of scouting.” HardGamesTermCan DoPerformancesFocusedComing OutPreparingScouting Author:Dom Starsia
“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
“There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.” GivingHardGamesWinningSleepCareersCasesOur LivesSacrificeHard WorkGiving UpNotionAccomplishStealingZeroSomewhere ElseZero Sum Game Author:Maynard Webb
“What cracks me up is people who think I don't take baseball seriously. It's the most important thing in my life. They don't know how hard it is for me to get a bad game out of my mind. I still can't, but I'm getting better.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMindStillsImportantHardGamesKnow HowBaseballImportant ThingsGet BetterCracksOf My MindBad Games Author:Brady Anderson
“I don't mind . . . the fun and games of being treated like a fragile flower. But as a physiologist working with the unromantic scientific facts of life, I find it hard to delude myself about feminine frailty.” MindHardFactsGamesFunFlowerTreatedFeminineFragileFacts Of LifeFrailtyScientific Facts Author:Estelle Ramey
“Courses that you've had success on, all of a sudden your game turns around because you feel comfortable on your tee shots, you feel comfortable going to the greens, you know, all the reads on the putts. It's a feeling that's hard to describe, but it's certainly one that you get filled up with confidence more than anything else.” KnowsFeelsHardFeelingsTurnsCoursesGamesComfortComfortableShotsFilledTeesFilled Up Author:Tiger Woods
“I was disappointed over my dismissal, given that it was at a crucial stage of the game and I had worked very hard to get to that point,.” HardGamesGivenStageDisappointedCrucialDismissal Author:Ricky Ponting
“It's about how the players play and compete. I know everybody is going to equate that on winning or losing, like they always do, but if we play hard and compete well in the game .. then I think we are building on something.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsHardPlayGamesWinningPlayerBuildingLosingWin Or LosePlay Hard Author:Nick Saban
“South Koreans who have seen and praised the mass games should remember the hardship of tearful children. Teachers drive them hard with curses and orders to repeat and repeat. When the children return home in the evening, they can hardly walk.” ShouldChildrenHardHomeRememberOrderGamesWalksTeacherReturnMassSouthEveningCurseRepeatsHardshipKorean Author:Kim Il-sung
“Im not trying to hate on nobody.I love everybody that works towards what I was working towards.Its a hard game,its a hard life.” TryingHardHateGamesMmaHard Life Author:Nick Diaz
“We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games. That statement will enrage some people, but it is hard to characterize it otherwise; both console versions will have larger audiences than the PC version.” PeopleHardGamesAudienceStatementsVersionsPlatformsConsole Author:John Carmack
“I don't see a lot of guys that have done that [winning three times before age 24], besides Tiger Woods, of course, and, you know, the other legends of the game. It's just one of those things, I believe in myself and – especially with how hard I've worked – I'm one of the top five players in the world. I feel like I've proven myself.” KnowsWorldFeelsBelieveHardDoneAgeGuyThreeCoursesGamesWinningI BelieveFivePlayerI Believe InWoodsJust OneLegendsProvenTigersThree TimesI Believe In Myself Author:Patrick Reed
“Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way And play the game of life with your heart?” WayHeartHardPlayGamesAirWalkingIceThrowingDiceHard Way Author:Yoko Ono
“In real life I'm not the character I play in my films. I'm reasonably competent, I work very hard, I'm disciplined, I lead a very middle class life. I work in the mornings, I have lunch, I practise my clarinet, I go to the movies, I eat out in restaurants or watch ball games on television or at the ball games.” RealHardPlayCharacterFilmGamesClassWatchesMorningMiddleTelevisionBallsReal LifeRestaurantsMiddle ClassLunchCompetentPractiseBall GamesClarinetMiddle Class Life Author:Woody Allen
“How heroic to be able to suppress one's vanity to the extent of confessing that the game is too hard.” HardAbleGamesVanityHeroicConfessing Author:Alice James
“If you were in a game of football always think you need maybe eight to win the game. Three can on an off day or semi off day but you always hard. And the players recognize that and they'll do that extra to make sure they get winning. The essence of the team is to understand and trust each other and to trust me.” IfsThinkingNeedsHardThreeGamesWinningPlayerTeamFootballEssenceEightExtrasTrust Me Author:Alex Ferguson
“Little soldier, little insect You know war it has no heart It will kill you in the sunshine Or happily in the the dark Where kindness is a card game Or a bent up cigarette In the trenches, in the hard rain With a bullet and a bet.” KnowsHeartLittlesWarHardGamesDarkKindnessRainSoldierCardsSunshineCigaretteBulletsBentInsectsTrenches Author:Conor Oberst
“If you take away the last few years, from my last year in Washington, and you think about my career, there was nothing but hard work. I was in the gym three or four times a day, working on my skills. If we lost a game, and I thought I played bad, I'm staying in the gym to keep shooting. That's what I did. That's what I was known for: I was a gym rat.” IfsThinkingYearsHardLastsThreeGamesLostKnownCareersFourHard WorkSkillsShootingStayingGymLast YearRatsGym Rats Author:Gilbert Arenas
“Of all the things in sports, getting a sack is one of the hardest things to do. It's like a last-second, game-winning shot in the NBA. A guy hits the last-second shot, and the fans scream. For us (defensive ends), the sack is everything. It's hard to get there. But once you do, there's nothing like it.” EndsHardLastsGuyGamesWinningSportsFansShotsHardestThings To DoNbaScreamHardest ThingHardest Thing To Do Author:Dwight Freeney
“You try and work hard and get better each week. I play the game with passion. I enjoy the game. It's a lot of fun when I'm out there. That's the way I play. For some reason, people like that.” PeopleWayTryingHardReasonPlayPassionGamesFunEnjoyWeekHard WorkGet Better Author:Tony Romo
“After I won 21 games, I said, "This isn't that hard actually. I can do this every year for maybe 10, 15 years." To tell you the truth I thought I was going to be in the Hall of Fame. I really thought that. You feel so strong, so powerful walking down the street. You know you can throw a ball harder than any man in the world, or certainly the top five. Sandy Koufax knocked all of us out of the box on that one, so we would think, "I'm the second or third hardest thrower in the game."” ThinkingKnowsMenWorldFeelsYearsSaidI CanHardGamesStrongCan DoPowerfulFiveStreetsWalkingFameThirdsBallsHarderBoxesHardestHallsYankeesNew York YankeesHall Of FameSandyI Can Do ThisThrowers Author:Jim Bouton
“Sven-Göran Eriksson, confronted with arguably Europe's weakest qualifying group, has a problem; it is the same one that afflicted Jacques Santini, the France coach at the time, before Euro 2004. Not that there are no easy matches at international level; rather, there are no hard ones. In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship finals, France faced a group not of death, but of sun-block, comprising Slovenia, Israel, Cyprus and Malta, which they duly won by ten points, averaging 3.6 goals per game. We all know what happened next.” KnowsHardProblemNextGamesEasyGoalLevelsSunHappenedGroupsFootballTenEuropeFinalsInternationalIsraelCoachesBlockFranceSoccerRanAnalysisChampionshipEuroQualifyingCyprusMalta Author:Martin Samuel
“One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Faldo does and work at his game. Next thing I know he's doing exactly what Faldo does, he's taken up golf.” KnowsFirstsDoeSaidHardNextGamesBitsTakenFootballFindingsFirst TimeGolfManagersSoccerReservesChairman Author:Ron Atkinson
“I enjoy playing the game. It's hard for me to just watch it, even while broadcasting.” HardGamesSportsEnjoyWatchesBroadcasting Author:Lynn Swann
“(UGO, about Crank) I see the addiction to video games because you want to win them and it's just hard enough so you'd want to keep playing it over and over to try to figure it out. I definitely feel the movie is like a game at times but I'm not a huge videogame lover.” WantFeelsTryingHardEnoughGamesWinningFiguresHugeLoversAddictionVideoCrankVideogame Author:Amy Smart
“They better not put me in the All -Star Game. I won't shoot, but I'll dominate that easy game. I'll be playing hard defense. I'll be foulin'. I'll be flagrant fouling. Everyone will be like, 'What are you doing?'” HardFunnyGamesStarsEasyDefenseNbaAll Stars Author:Metta World Peace
“They say golf came easy to me because I was a good athlete, but there's not any girl on the LPGA Tour who worked near as hard as I did in golf. It's the toughest game I ever tackled.” HardGirlGamesEasyGolfAthleteGood Athlete Author:Babe Didrikson Zaharias
“A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don't establish the fans as fans of their style of music. It's just that they're a fan of that song, and after that song plays out, it's real hard for 'em.” RealHardPlayArtistSongGamesRecordsFansStyleRadioEms Author:Nipsey Hussle
“You play all your life and train all your life and then you are not playing. It's not easy to deal with. But you can't roll up in a ball and hope it goes away. You have to take it on the chin and train hard and be prepared to play. We all know the game changes in an instant and anything can happen so you have to keep the hope that comes your way.” KnowsWayHardPlayHappensGamesEasyDealsBallsTrainPreparedInstantBe PreparedChinsAnything Can HappenTrain Hard Author:Shay Given
“I've never stopped loving the game since day one. If it were a job to me it would be very hard for me to get up in the morning. And why leave something that you can never come back to? Realistically, whether you accept it or not, you only get one wave in this journey. Run at it as hard as you can.” IfsHardWould BeRunningJobsGamesAcceptingMorningJourneyWaveGet Up Author:Ray Lewis
“It's humbling to know that you have fans all over America and all over the world and they want you to play on their respective basketball team. It's very humbling that they respect the way I play the game of basketball. I can't discredit that. I can't say I don't enjoy it because you put in a lot of hard work to have fans. And for me to be a role model and for me to have fans all over is great. It's very humbling.” KnowsWorldWayWantI CanHardPlayAmericaGamesEnjoyRolesTeamFansHard WorkBasketballModelsRole ModelsHumblingBasketball TeamDiscredit Author:LeBron James