“Don't play what's there, play what's not there.”

“You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. It’s the playing that’s irresistible. Dicing from one year to the next with the things you love, what you risk reveals what you value.”

“It's the way you play that makes it. What I say is, for Christ's sake, you don't have to kill yourself to sing. Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you're going to get it. And whatever you get, that's you, so that's your story.”

“I can't play bridge. I don't play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn't seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.”

“Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced. This is axiomatic.”

“Don't play his game. Play yours.”

“Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.”

“What we play is life.”

“For what's a play without a woman in it?”

“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”