Mary Pilon Quotes

The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them.

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

Monopoly may also end in tears, but its tensions are cruder, lacking the infinitely subtle shadings of irritation and acrimony provided by Scrabble.

I'm a really nostalgic person. I love taking photos and video and having memories. I remember all my childhood videos that my dad used to take. I think that's really what life is about - especially when you start a family of your own.

Whether football or board games, I love to win.

A long time ago, my grandfather used to play blackjack with me, when I was very small, and I quite enjoyed that.

I tend to be really competitive when it comes to Scattergories.

Poker has such an element of competitivness that other games don't have.

If I'm playing cards for pennies, I want to win.

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand, which I loved. But then I didn't actually play on my own for about 30 years.

My mother is very good in Scrabble. In Boggle, my father is probably better.

I really love Scrabble. I played it with my mother growing up. We took it everywhere with us. We didn't know then about the two letter words. Who knew that AA, or more controversially, ZA, or QI were words? We were a games family generally.

Christmases past, my sister Carolyn and I - we'd been waiting for Santa all night. Nothing! Where is this man?

My father has always enjoyed games... always with a combination of the fun and social side of it, but also always highly competitive.

I wanted no part of losing. Why play if you can't beat the other guys more often than they beat you?

I made my older sister cry playing Monopoly once.

Players never want to lose football matches.

It's a sport. Sometimes you lose and sometimes you win.

This is football: one day you win, one day you lose, and there's a very fine line between them.

I like Backgammon.

It's just a game. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.