Louis Sachar Quotes

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.

Poker is meant to be enjoyed.

I'll bring in UNO, and we'll play that on set.

The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.

Golf is a game, and games are meant to be enjoyed.

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

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

Baseball is not a grind for me.

Baseball is one of the most beautiful games. It is. It is a very Zen-like game.

If you are enjoying your football, you see it on the pitch.

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

Poker is supposed to be fun.

Cribbage, n. A substitute for conversation among those to whom nature has denied ideas.

I feel that every league is very competitive.

I play because I love the game.

I don't usually get nervous on the pitch because playing football is what I've done all my life.

Play good basketball and you are going to get guys' best games.

If you play a match, then you got to give it all to beat the opponent; there is nothing like playing against a great or a non-great player. I treat them all as opponents and aim to beat them.

We know football is a difficult game. Sometimes you win and lose.

I just play basketball. That's me: all I know is basketball.

Football is something so ingrained in me, something I love doing and definitely something I want to do.

Once you're on the pitch and you've put the shirt on, it's then down to you to perform and play well.

I take this game very seriously.

All us players do that - looking to play, to fight for a place.

When I started doing contests, I didn't look at it as a sport, but when I realized I was looking at it that way, I had to acknowledge it as a sport.