A lot of people in the NBA don't even take the game serious or take the same approach that I do.
Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.
We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game
When you win or lose, no-one dies: you win, or you lose.
We're out here playing a game and I'm not one to take it like super, super serious.
When I stepped into the box, I felt the at-bat belonged to me. Everybody else was there for my convenience. The pitcher was there to throw me a ball to hit. The catcher was there to throw it back to him if he didn't give me what I wanted the first time. And the umpire was lucky that he was close enough to watch.
I think that's how it has to be in a tournament format. You can't dwell on games.
Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!
No one ever says, 'It's only a game' when their team is winning.
The best workers, like the happiest livers, look upon their work as a kind of game: the harder they play the more enjoyable it becomes.
Maybe that's some of the reason I feel so good today. Maybe I finally realised that it's just a game.
We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'
Even if I do miss a shot, I'm going to be comfortable to get back up there and shoot the same shot again. Make or miss, I'm not going to be frustrated but move on to the next play.
I don't want the 'supersub' label or anything like that. I just want to come on and express myself and play the best I can.
When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.
I went out there to play my game for the fun of it and never based my career around records.
To play this game, you've got to have heart, and a lot of guys don't have it. I can sit here and say we all do, but we all don't.
You're going to always have something to prove when you're playing this game.
If you start thinking about stats it can get too complicated and you just have to go out there and play your game.
My work is a game, a very serious game.
No matter what goes wrong, just turn the page. That's what you have to do in this game or it's going to eat you alive.
You get into the game and you know you're probably not going to be in there long. It's like, while I'm in here, I better not mess up. That's the completely wrong mentality to have. That works against how I play because how I play is 150 percent, going all out, going crazy.
I never came out of a game unless I was truly hurt.
You learn from mistakes, you learn from losses, but this game doesn't put something on me where it's, 'Hey, I've finally done it. This was a big game. We won it and we have to move on.'
You can teach all the other stuff, you know. You can teach shooting the ball, you can teach having a good touch... passing and whatnot, but when you get out there on the field, it's just a mindset you need to go into the game with.
