#games

They never looked at anyone else, only at each other, with an expression that halted me. It was tender, loving, yes, but in an inhuman way, so intense. Divine, I felt. Or insane. ↗

— Anita Desai

#studies-in-the-park #love

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#games #humanity #olympic #olympic games #springtime

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

#games #history #holding #means #olympic

I live more than anything else to produce the Games. ↗

— Dick Ebersol

#else #games #i #live #more

When you strip away the genre differences and the technological complexities, all games share four defining traits: a goal, rules, a feedback system, and voluntary participation.' page 21 ↗

— Jane McGonigal

#games-theory #change

All pro sports, as well as the NCAA, should thank God every day we have sports betting here... We have the only agency in the world that regulates the honesty of games. ↗

— Meyer Lansky

#betting #day #every #every day #games

If I had a day to myself I would just play video games with my brothers. ↗

— Jeremy Lin

#day #games #had #i #just

Betrayal is an ironic thing. He or she betrays you then you betray yourself. You think you’re showing strength with your anger, but in reality, you’re showing how much you still care. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#betrayal #bickering #breakups #divorce #fights

Here's some advice. Stay alive," says Haymitch, and then bursts out laughing. I exchange a look with Peeta before I remember that I'm having nothing more to do with him. I'm surprised to see the hardness in his eyes. He generally seems so mild. 'That's very funny,' says Peeta. Suddenly, he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. 'Only not to us.' Haymitch considers this a moment, then punches Peeta in the jaw, knocking him from his chair. When he turns back to reach for the spirits, I drive my knife into the table between his hand and the bottle, barely missing his fingers. I brace myself to deflect his hit, but it doesn't come. Instead, he sits back and squints at us. 'Well, what's this?' says Haymitch. 'Did I actually get a pair of fighters this year? ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#haymitch #the-hunger-games #funny

The Games are just a nice, positive way to build friendships, camaraderie and, of course, self-esteem. Plus, the Games are a great opportunity for people to participate in sports who normally wouldn't. ↗

— Greg Louganis

#camaraderie #course #friendships #games #great