“Nerds aren't losers. They're just playing a different game, and a game much closer to the one played in the real world.”
"Why Nerds are Unpopular," February 2003
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Paul Graham 43
English programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist 1964Related quotes
“Greenberg and I are simply playing different games”
Context: As I see it, Greenberg and I are simply playing different games and the contrast in our approaches reflects that basic difference. … I play one game and am intrigued by the other but I do keep wondering whether that other game has any rules or whether a computerized robot might not be rather better at it all. But long live both games!

“I play to win, whether during practice or a real game.”

“Life is a game, boy. Life is a game that one plays according to the rules.”
Mr. Spencer
Source: The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Chapter 2
Source: Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility

As quoted in "Clemente Says Hitting Does Not Come Easy"
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1968</big>