Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. Votes: 1
Robert Louis StevensonI like playing heavy metal music and pretending I'm a vampire in front of the mirror. Votes: 1
Luke MablyI love playing characters that are strong, when there's physicality involved.
Mary Elizabeth WinsteadI love people who are complicated, and I love playing people who are complicated.
Michael Marisi OrnsteinIt's hard enough to be a heterosexual playing gay and not having the gay gestures.
Christopher SieberMy son's an idiot. He sprained his ankle playing golf. He fell off the ballwasher.
Rodney DangerfieldThere are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.
Daniel Day-LewisMy biggest vice is playing solitaire on my iPad. It's bad. I mean, it's ridiculous.
Diane von FurstenbergActually," Alan said, earnest and clear-eyed, "this is my first time playing poker.
Sarah Rees BrennanWhen I go out on the field, I just put it in my mind that I'm playing for my family.
Adrian PetersonI love to write music. I love melodies, I love playing guitar. I just do it for fun.
Bryan GreenbergPlaying golf is like raising children. You keep thinking you'll do better next time.
Charles E. McKenzieBeing alive is about playing to win. Being brain dead is when you play not to loose.
Richard SaundersI have only really gotten by with playing versions of myself as most young actors do.
Amanda SeyfriedIt is in playing, and perhaps only in playing, that the child is free to be creative.
Donald Woods WinnicottEven if I'm playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting.
Isaiah WashingtonI've been playing since I was 5, but I wouldn't say that I'm serious about the piano.
Kiernan ShipkaSolos are like sex, so it's surprising to me that there aren't more guys playing them
Richie SamboraI try to be the best I can be at what I can do, and that's playing hard & rebounding.
Tristan ThompsonI like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
Zooey DeschanelI've always loved writing. Doing that at the same time as playing music can be tiring.
Carrie BrownsteinSomebody give me a banana. I'm playing like a monkey, so I might as well eat like one.
Chi Chi RodriguezOn the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.
Magic JohnsonMandy is not calm. So that's acting. I'm acting. And, and I love playing someone calm.
Mandy PatinkinYou draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing. It makes it more personal.
Robert De NiroI don't complain about playing time. My job is to play so well the coach can't sit me.
Shane BattierA lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as he is.
Terence StampWhen you're playing an exhibition, you're kind of letting everyone get an opportunity.
Wayne GretzkyWhy did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.
Asia ArgentoHopefully I can finish my degree before I get done playing and work with my foundation.
Calvin JohnsonI thought I was an actor playing a wizard. But really, I was a wizard playing an actor.
Daniel RadcliffeI never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
Gabrielle ReeceI do remember realizing one day that I loved plays more than I loved playing concertos.
John CarianiStay focused when you're playing alive, so you're not distracted by something going on.
John PetrucciIf you complain, you're "playing the victim'; if you don't complain, you are a victim.
Julia GillardWhen the computer and tablets are all about playing games, thats not interesting to me.
Julianne MooreThe improvisation had to be in public, because you only get value playing to strangers.
Keith JohnstoneI love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines.
Lev GrossmanLosing still hurts, but that's good. When it stops hurting, that's when I stop playing.
Martina NavratilovaI love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.
Rickey HendersonHockey is my life and money is money. If you think about money, you stop playing hockey.
Alexander OvechkinI'm really glad that Italy went out, they were playing boring football. (on Euro 2004)
Andy TownsendI take a lot of pride in playing for the Yankees, and trying to do things the right way.
Brett GardnerLyon are the same away from home as they are at home, they have the same way of playing.
Carlo AncelottiNo matter who our opponents are, or who we are playing against, we want to win the game.
David BeckhamPlaying music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.
Derek BaileyA lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.
Gloria EstefanIf fighting for working families is playing the women's card, you know what, deal me in.
Hillary ClintonPlaying Shakespeare is really tiring. You never get to sit down, unless you're the king.
Josephine HullI started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15.
Layne StaleyThey said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me.
Magic JohnsonThe two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.
Pete CarrilSeek above all for a game worth playing- such is the advice of the oracle to modern man.
Robert S. de Roppthe one who doesnt play, doesnt win anything, but he actually looses somehting, {playing}
Albert CamusDo you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised.
Arthur HillerI was surprised we were playing in Manchester and have a referee from Greater Manchester.
Brendan RodgersI'm a very competitive person, whether it's school, baseball or even playing video games.
David PriceThere's a lot more to playing in the big leagues in New York than just the baseball part.
David WrightPlaying without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere.
Edmar MednisWhen energy speeds up there is no space for playing small, and nothing can remain hidden.
Gabrielle BernsteinI'm more of a rhythmic player. My soloing is pretty much limited to playing slide guitar.
George ThorogoodIt's a torture chamber, if we had to play it every day I don't think I'd be playing golf.
Ian WoosnamI just always felt I'd be playing football in the NFL - or at least playing for a living.
Kurt WarnerMaybe if you're playing in London or America, you don't feel that pressure quite as much.
Lleyton HewittSince I came here I've been treated awesome, in all aspects. I really enjoy playing here.
Mats SundinIt's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.
Michael SheenI got arrested for playing chess in the street. I said, it's because I'm black, isn't it.
Milton JonesThere's nothing more exciting than playing live for the people. Just play it, just do it.
Narada Michael WaldenFrom the time I started playing, I've always been the high-energy, never-stop-moving guy.
Peja StojakovicYou want to be playing your best in December and hopefully it'll carry over into January.
Philip RiversThe thing you do is escape from them by immersing myself in the character you're playing.
Pia ZadoraMy big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.
Sebastian ArcelusI'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important.
Stefan EdbergPlaying for money, or adopting the attitude of one who plays for money, lowers the fever.
Steven PressfieldI think Björk is playing on the fact she knows she's eccentric and she accepts the fact.
Thomas MarsAt Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.
Adam DunnI don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn...What comes out is what I feel.
Billie HolidayPlaying with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.
Creed BrattonPlaying without the fundamentals is like eating without a knife and fork. You make a mess.
Dick WilliamsI'm never going to be considered brave for playing a straight person, and nor should I be.
Ellen PageThe only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.
Frederick Salomon PerlsIt's the first time I've been cold for seven years. I was never cold playing rugby league.
Jonathan DavisWhen I'm finished playing, I want people to say, 'He handled this well, he kept his cool.'
Kobe BryantIf I never had any mental health issues, there's no doubt in my mind I'd still be playing,
Mardy FishI love playing the piano. I really want to start taking lessons but need to find the time.
Miranda KerrI like the thought of playing for money instead of silverware. I never did like to polish.
Patty SheehanI certainly have played a lot of strong characters, and I love playing a strong character.
Peter JacobsonIronically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.
Reid HoffmanI feel like I'm really young and I'm only thinking about my career and continuing playing.
Serena WilliamsI approach football like a street-ball game, like I'm playing with the fellas in the yard.
Simeon RiceI knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.
Steffi GrafI have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
Taron EgertonThe way I've been playing, I didn't really care who I was going to be playing first round.
Tommy HaasBill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.
Colin GreenwoodNice, the club where I started my career in 1983, want me to see out my playing days there.
David GinolaThe chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.
George Bernard ShawAfter I'd been a lawyer for about five or six years, I started playing around with fiction.
John GrishamAs far as I'm concerned playing 'Dress Up' begins at the age of five, and never truly ends.
Kate SpadeIf I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.
Rafael NadalA musician's biography is written wherever he performs; everybody hears what he is playing.
Sri ChinmoyIf you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character
Taryn ManningI get a lot more confidence winning games playing defense than winning the run-and-gun game.
Chauncey BillupsI know it sounds stupid, but we're just playing. We're playing hard, but we're just playing.
Darcy TuckerI play how I feel. I don't have a set way of playing. I get going, looking to create danger.
Franck RiberyI would like to lose some of the weight that I have put on since I stopped playing football.
John BarnesYou definitely get more of a band feel to a song if you've been playing a song live a bunch.
John Britt DanielI played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.
Kurt RussellFinally I'm really happy with the way I'm playing again after a couple of frustrating years.
Lleyton HewittI never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream.
Mark WahlbergI don't know why, but for some reason I seem to be more popular now than when I was playing.
Mickey MantleI'm not acting; I'm not playing me. People forget that their actions make them who they are.
Miley CyrusI love playing different characters all the time, so I'm concentrating on doing other stuff.
Monica KeenaI like playing misfits, I like playing oddballs, I like playing characters with rough edges.
Rainn WilsonPoor, dear God. Playing Idiot's Delight. The game that never means anything, and never ends.
Robert E. SherwoodAll sorts of things can happen when you're open to new ideas and playing around with things.
Stephanie KwolekI'm a player and I do it because I love playing whether it's for my album or someone else's.
Tony LevinWords are the instruments you play to the song of your ideas, you're just playing covers.
Ze FrankI don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
Anson MountI got kind of tired of playing, I think. But I think it will be part of my life again, maybe.
Carrie BrownsteinIt's sort of cliche, but when you're playing drunk, your character is trying to appear sober.
Corey StollI love playing bad. But my whole thing is usually villains that don't know that they're evil.
Danny HustonI may not look it when I'm playing, but I think I'm a fun guy to hang with when I'm relaxing.
David DuvalYou ain't average! But you know what? You're playing small because it's easier to be average.
Eric ThomasWriting this book I am like a man playing the piano with lead balls attached to his knuckles.
Gustave FlaubertI loved playing Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. I mean you can't do better than playing God!
Hugh PanaroWhereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing but hookers.
Ida LupinoWalking my dogs, playing with my kids - all of that is really good stuff to keep me centered.
John FeldmannMy guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and RB.
John OatesPlaying Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.
Kevin KlineI feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I'm playing in New York.
Rafael NadalIt is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.
Robert Wilson LyndWouldn't it be amazing, getting up everyday and playing; doing something that you love to do?
Sidney CrosbyJesus never heard of Beethoven and Bach. Why aren't we playing more country music in church ?
Tex SampleI do not look back at what might have been. If I did that, playing golf would drive me crazy.
Tiger WoodsI love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
Valorie CurryAsk Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
Billie Jean KingI was a multi-millionaire from playing hockey. Then I got divorced, and now I'm a millionaire.
Bobby HullJack Nicklaus is playing an entirely different game, and one which I'm not even familiar with.
Bobby JonesTennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
Boris BeckerWith music, I'm comfortable singing to people but I'm not that comfortable playing the guitar.
Bronson ArroyoFrom a personal standpoint, playing someone judged negatively by her friends is not difficult.
Darby StanchfieldThere's nothing tough about playing Third. All a guy needs is a strong arm and a strong chest.
Frankie FrischMy job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?
Hilary SwankWaking up every day and coming to the ballpark and playing baseball ... that's a good feeling.
Jason HeywardI think travel is probably the downside of playing professional golf, but you've got to do it.
Karrie WebbI know that I can sing. That's the reason I started playing music when I was twelve years old.
KeshaGiven half an opportunity to go and play the way I'm playing at the moment, of course I would.
Kevin Pietersen