It is so fun to watch grown men play with their toys.
You do not play the game for yourself, you play it for us.[to Freamon]
You can’t play chess with someone who’s willing to set the board on fire.
Under all these lives I’ve lived, something else has been growing. I’ve evolved into something new. And I have one last role to play. Myself.
Therein lies the big difference between us. You play by the rules. I believe the rules need to change.[to Weller]
The only way to win is to not play.
Play nice. Or I’m gonna revisit the deep, dark well idea.
Look man, I do what I can do to help y’all. But the game is out there, and it’s either play or get played.
It is a poor player who plays the game, and a wise one who plays their opponent.
Great players are either far or few.
Even a game lost is a game well played.
Better to play fast and aggressive with inferior material, than let them be exposed later.