Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
As quoted in "Clemente Says Hitting Does Not Come Easy"
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1968</big>
“When I played "doctor" I played to win.”
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David Edgar (1987) Canadian soccer player
After being named Canadian youth soccer player of the year. [February 1, 2007, http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2007/02/01/david-edgar.html, David Edgar wins youth soccer award, Sporting Life, 2007-03-11]
“I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.”
Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman
“When I played ball, I didn't play for fun.”
Ty Cobb (1886–1961) American baseball player
Source: My Life In Baseball : The True Record (1961), Ch. 23 : "To Plant One Rose —", p. 280
Context: When I played ball, I didn't play for fun. To me it wasn't parchesi played under parchesi rules. Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest. Every man in the game, from the minors on up, is not only fighting against the other side, but he's trying to hold onto his own job against those on his own bench who'd love to take it away. Why deny this? Why minimize it? Why not boldly admit it?
Many a writer has said that I was "unfair." Well, that's not my understanding of the word. When my toes were stepped on, I stepped right back.
“Lover, I don’t play to win but for the thrill until I’m spent.”
St. Vincent (musician) (1982) American singer-songwriter
"The Strangers" - Live @ Great American Music Hall (27 February 2009) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAX3P1ueR6w <br class="br">Actor (2009) <br class="br">Context: Lover, I don’t play to win but for the thrill until I’m spent.<br>Paint the black hole blacker. Paint the black hole blacker
Anthony Stewart Head (1954) English actor
Buffy man tops 'next Dr Who' poll http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3276905.stm
“One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Runs and Catches: an autobiography (1980), ISBN: 9780571115655.
Jerome Bettis (1972) Former American football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Bettis announcing his retirement following the Steelers’ Super Bowl victory in his hometown of Detroit (February 5, 2006http://www.hwwilson.com/_home/bios/1992060806.htm
James P. Carse American academic
Source: Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility