Find the game where you can win, and then commit your life to playing it; and play to win.

Come out of the fog, young man. And remember you don't have to be a complete fool in order to succeed. Play the game, but don't believe in it — that much you owe yourself. Even if it lands you in a strait jacket or a padded cell. Play the game, but play it your own way — part of the time at least. Play the game, but raise the ante, my boy. Learn how it operates, learn how you operate — I wish I had time to tell you only a fragment.

Play The Game or Get Played.

But if you get out there and do your best, you will either win, or you will learn.

Why you think I play this game? I play to win. Competition is the thing. I want to play on a winning team. I don't want to play for sixth place. I like to play for all the marbles, where every game means something. I like to play for real, not for fun.

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

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose . . . only then will you learn the game.

They say it can't be won,
The way the game is run.
But if you choose to stay
You wind up playin' anyway.

Remember this central truth. Your enemy is there because he, too, has weighed the consequences of failure and accepts them. Play always to win, because nothing else matters

There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game. (Act 1, scene 4)

There are some games you don't get to play unless you are all in.

It's important that you win games at any level.

Play the game, but play it your own way – part of the time at least. Play the game, but raise the ante, my boy. Learn how it operates, learn how you operate.

When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different. By combining your skills, you reduce the level of competition, which makes it easier to stand out. You can shortcut the need for a genetic advantage (or for years of practice) by rewriting the rules. A good player works hard to win the game everyone else is playing. A great player creates a new game that favors their strengths and avoids their weaknesses.