„I have never consciously separated casual users and hardcore gamers when I design a game. For the past 20 years, I have always been trying to make games so that anyone -- as many people as possible -- can enjoy them… I cannot help but say that I love my job of making games from the bottom of my heart.“

„There's been nothing proven that violence in video games has an impact. As a parent though, and I'm a parent for a 20-year-old, for a 16-year-old and for a 10-year-old, and so, you know, I make choices everyday for my kids as to what games I think is appropriate for them to play. And, you know, in the end it's up to the parents, it's up to the gamers themselves working with their parents, if they're under 21, to make the smartest choice for the games they play.“

—  Reggie Fils-Aimé American businessman 1961

On violence in video games
Source: YouTube http://youtube.com/watch?v=J1PXHesXopE

„On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.“

—  Satoru Iwata Japanese video game programmer and businessman 1959 - 2015

2005 GDC Keynote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HUMt2rrOI

„Yes, my biggest game, but not my best game. My best game is when I drive in the winning run.“

—  Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican baseball player 1934 - 1972

Bemoaning his wasted 3-home run/7-RBI performance of May 15, 1967; as quoted in “Biggest Game Wasted: Roberto Collects 3 HRs, 7 RBIs As Bucs Lose, 8-7” by Les Biederman, in The Pittsburgh Press (Tuesday, May 16, 1967), p. 34
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1967</big>

„I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.“

—  Sören Kierkegaard Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism 1813 - 1855

„I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.“

—  Mike Tyson American boxer 1966

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n11_v50/ai_17362107
On himself

„Even if my place of work or the nature of my titles change, what I show won’t change and I don’t want it to. I’m a game fan at heart; I tell dirty jokes and make irresponsible comments (laughs), but I’ll work my hardest to make games.“

—  Kenichiro Takaki Japanese video game producer 1976

"Kenichiro Takaki opens up about why he left Marvelous and more" https://nintendoeverything.com/kenichiro-takaki-opens-up-about-why-he-left-marvelous-and-more/, NintendoEverything.com (27 March 2019).

„If I have to play your stupid games, at least I don’t have to pretend to enjoy them.“

—  Michael Swanwick American science fiction author 1950

Source: In the Drift (1985), Chapter 1, “Mummer Kiss” (p. 4)

„I think they're an honest bunch. I wish them well. I hope they surprise and confound a few people. It’s good for the game in America if they do. If they can make a ripple or two, that pushes the game on again.“

—  Ian Darke British association football and boxing commentator 1950

2010s, 2014, Voice of the Americans (2014)

„I respect a lot of players in this league. But to me basketball is just a little aspect of my life. I enjoy the game because it's fun. But it is a game.“

—  Hakeem Olajuwon Nigerian–American basketball player 1963

Slam dunk - interview with basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon - Interview, Feb, 1994 by Spike Lee.
Sourced Quotes

„I love proving people wrong and proving my supporters right. This is all fun and games to me. I love it. I love my job. I whoop people for truckloads of cash. How could I hate this life? I love it so much. I’m grateful every single day.“

—  Conor McGregor Irish mixed martial artist and boxer 1988

UFC 178 post-event press conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAAC34JzxS0 (September 2014), Ultimate Fighting Championship, Zuffa, LLC
2010s, 2014

„I look around Tokyo Games Show, and everyone’s making awful games; Japan is at least five years behind.“

—  Keiji Inafune Japanese video game designer 1965

Source:Tabuchi, Hiroko. "To Regain Video Game Lead, Japan Looks to West". https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/technology/20game.html?_r=2Retrieved 2018-07-15.

„We don't really feel our games have created a standard. I have no concern over others making similar games, it just shows that players wanted games that were like this, that are difficult, and wanted other studios to make challenging games that achieve the same level of satisfaction. We enjoy those games and their approach to creating them are never the same, anyway. We enjoy seeing the differences. We're totally fine with seeing more games come out that borrow aspects. Our main focus is keeping game creation fresh for ourselves.“

—  Hidetaka Miyazaki Japanese video game director 1974

Dark Souls 3 Interview: "It Wouldn’t Be Right to Continue Creating Souls" https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dark-souls-3-interview-it-wouldnt-be-right-to-cont/1100-6432425/ (November 20, 2015)

„Today, I will try to remember to regret the past. I will think of how many mistakes I have made throughout my life. I will say to myself, "If only I could go back in time and make different choices, so that my life could be the way it should have been."“

—  John S. Hall Poet, author, singer, lawyer 1960

Then I will remind myself that I cannot.
March 16
Quotes from Daily Negations (2007)

„I believe in being cruel to be kind. I love gaming, I have done all my life. I want to see it lifted in the eyes of the general public above how they view it now. Pottering endlessly about with the same dreary plots and game mechanics isn't helping any of us evolve.“

—  Ben Croshaw English video game journalist 1983

http://www.destructoid.com/destructoid-interview-ben-yahtzee-croshaw-69631.phtml
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„Coyote never loses. Because I change the rules of the games my enemies play. What are the rules of your game?“

—  Patricia Briggs, book Frost Burned

Source: Frost Burned

„Like they say, the game is chess, it damn sure ain't checkers. Every move I make is so that I can conquer and destroy.“

—  Wahida Clark American writer

Source: Justify My Thug

„In my childhood diary I wrote: “I have decided that it is better not to love anyone, because when you love people, then you have to be separated from them, and that hurts too much.“

—  Anaïs Nin writer of novels, short stories, and erotica 1903 - 1977

Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

„There are many good players in this game. If they weren't good, they wouldn't be in the majors. I'm not bragging when I say I think I'm as good as anyone. Mays, Aaron, Robinson, guys like that, hit with more power than I do. After that, I think I can hold my own.“

—  Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican baseball player 1934 - 1972

As quoted in "Change of Pace"
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1963</big>

„When I was starting in the game industry, it wasn't uncommon to be the only woman on the entire team...I always felt welcome and I never felt awkward. In my years at Nintendo, I have come to discover that when there are women in a variety of roles on the project, you get a wider [range] of ideas.“

—  Aya Kyogoku Video game director

March 19, 2014 Animal Crossing: New Leaf director says team diversity, communication core to its success https://www.polygon.com/2014/3/19/5526678/animal-crossing-new-leaf-diversity-aya-kyogoku