Play It Hard Quotes

#1. You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.

Alex Rodriguez

#2. and two, success is often started by dumb luck, so play the hand that's dealt you and play it hard.

Harry Schuhmacher

#3. All of my activities are so pedestrian. The extreme sport I play is ping pong. And we play it hard. If any of you suckers want to step up to the table, be ready.

Seth Green

#4. 'Spectrum' is in part a disco song. But we play it hard, and it's a real euphoric, wailing tune. It's kind of like a total house anthem, in a way, but it seems to be going down really well. We've got all the grunge kids going mad for disco house raves.

Florence Welch

#5. Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.

Barack Obama

#6. When I first came to NBC, I thought it was going to be swimming with the sharks, all men for themselves, be careful and all that. I have to tell you I learned that you can be kind and a hard worker and move up. You don't have to play dirty or do things that you think happens at big corporations.

Hoda Kotb

#7. It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.

Jack Nicklaus

#8. To be an artist means to invite an occupation into your life that requires commitment and hard work, but the rewards and satisfaction you'll get make the work seem like play. But you have to do it every day.

Veronica Lawlor

#9. Whenever I've been asked to be in a film, directors only want me to play myself ... I'm fascinated by the thought of being an actor, but it's too hard. And I think Shakespeare-which has been suggested to me-might be a bit of a stretch.

Tom Jones

#10. I love being a Yankee, and it's hard not to. It's a special place to play.

Mark Teixeira

#11. I've been dealing with so much press for Brooklyn, and now I am rehearsing for a play, and it is hard.

Saoirse Ronan

#12. It is hard for an athlete to standout through an email, especially when his email gets mixed in with the emails coming from recruits that think they can play somewhere they really can't. That makes filtering through recruit emails an almost impossible task.

Billy Kennedy

#13. Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.

Jim Thome

#14. The knee just isn't 100 percent. It's hard to be out there when you know that you can't play at your best and could potentially make it worse.

Serena Williams

#15. Oregon is demure and lovely, and it ought to play a little hard to get. And I think you'll be just as sick as I am if you find it is nothing but a hungry hussy , throwing herself at every stinking smokestack that's offered.

Tom McCall

#16. People ask why I always play crazy people and free spirits. I guess it is because I like to have fun. But I am more ambitious than your average free spirit. This job is hard enough that, without drive and hard work, you will never make it work.

Lucy Punch

#17. I have a hard time watching films and not thinking how I would play any part, whether it's a man or a woman.

BD Wong

#18. You know, it's hard to say what's going to happen in the future. But, if I stay healthy, I think I'll probably play until I'm about 40.

Karrie Webb

#19. I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.

Ritchie Blackmore

#20. Do you know how hard it is to play a character where you're always in heels? Oh, my goodness!

Serinda Swan

#21. It's better to be cautious and play it safe than regret pushing him too hard. We're supposed to get another read on it soon.

Dick Vermeil

#22. Honestly, I have had to live like a high priestess in this show. It is a very, very lonely life. When you work the way I work - that means hard - there's no time for play.

Ann Miller

#23. I don't love him," Olivia snapped.
"Yes, you do," Chalton bit out. It was one thing to play hard to get or to take time to figure out feelings, but no way was she going to lie out loud to him. "It happens fast with vampires, so deal with it.

Rebecca Zanetti

#24. There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian character in a leading role or unless they're a stereotype. It's been hard. I've been able to play some non-stereotypical roles, which is great, but I have a lot of Asian actor friends who are struggling.

Kimiko Glenn

#25. If you're with someone who enjoys having people play hard to get, maybe that's the way you're supposed to do it then.

Anne Hathaway

#26. It's hard to really get that excited about movies. Think about it like this: how many good comedy movies come out a year? Maybe one or two? And then, in those movies, what are the chances that there's a character that I'm the best fit to play? It's really small!

Aziz Ansari

#27. Everyone in my life thinks I'm competitive because I want to win, but it comes from me wanting everyone to have a good time. And when I see that people aren't enthused, I try to make it really uncomfortable for everyone so they get enthused and want to play hard.

Christina Applegate

#28. It'll be just lovely for you to play
it'll be so hard. And there's so much more fun when it is hard!

Eleanor Porter

#29. I never aspired to be in a band, but being onstage is a very cool feeling. It's like you're the lord of the room. It's hard to croon and run around doing big scissor kicks while also trying to play, though. I'm still mastering that.

Robert Sheehan

#30. I tried real hard to play golf, and I was so bad at it they would have to check me for ticks at the end of the round because I'd spent about half the day in the woods.

Jeff Foxworthy

#31. It's really hard for me to sing and play bass.

Kim Gordon

#32. I've worked hard with my body, just in case someone needs me to play third or short. I'm happy to go back to short, it's my natural position. I'm here to help and here to do whatever the manager wants me to do.

Miguel Tejada

#33. Now," said Halt, "all I have to do is work out a way of beating these horse-riding devils."
Erak grinned at him. "That should be child's play," he said. "The hard part will be convincing Ragnak about it.

John Flanagan

#34. Grammy would speak of lost things, old things, things we should remember when it is hard to love, when one should play.

Lisa O'Donnell

#35. The good part is if I play a solid round of golf, it will be very hard for the others to beat me. And that's all I'm thinking about.

Adam Derek Scott

#36. Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much?

Ray Bradbury

#37. I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people.

Charlize Theron

#38. Everybody dismissed athletes as being purely physical, but when you retire, you go from such an intense brain time - study of defense, audibles, hand signals, plays, adjustments - to a level of mental inactivity that's hard to comprehend. It's a big reason why I stay so active. Creating, evolving.

Thomas Jones

#39. This is a business and everything happens for a reason. I'm going to just to play hard, try to play hard and do whatever it takes to win.

James Harden

#40. I honestly believe that you have to be able to play the guitar hard if you want to be able to get the whole spectrum of tones out of it. Since I normally play so hard, when I start picking a bit softer my tone changes completely, and that's really useful sometimes for creating a more laid-back feel.

Angus Young

#41. Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you.

Bryce Harper

#42. Sometimes you can really serve well and win the match because of the serve. I have the opposite thing now, so it's kind of hard. I can just really play with my forehand and backhand.

Agnieszka Radwanska

#43. I'm like a chameleon. I can kind of change and get my game going to whatever the situation is. If I play well, which I don't think I've even reached yet at all in this tournament, it's really hard for anyone to beat me.

Serena Williams

#44. We have a desperate need for producers in the [commercial Broadway] theatre, and it is very hard for them to get money and find investors for new plays.

Arthur Laurents

#45. I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ?

Jeffrey Hunter

#46. I try to play the stiff, as much as I can, and play it dry, which is sometimes hard for me. My problem with comedy is to want to clown it up, but she's the funny one. Those are her jokes, not mine. For me, it's a lot of not doing anything. I just don't want to muck it up.

John Cho

#47. I'm going to go out and play really hard. If I have another win, it will be icing on the cake. But I don't take anything for granted.

Vijay Singh

#48. Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.

Kevin Hart

#49. That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to it, pull out.

Lleyton Hewitt

#50. Even though Sachin is great, I have always found Rahul more solid and hard to get out. He has a solid defense and plays less shots than others. When a batsman plays less shots then it is tough to get him as he makes less mistakes.

Shoaib Akhtar

#51. Our goal is not to win. It's to play together and play hard. Then, winning takes care of itself.

Mike Krzyzewski

#52. For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than that,. There is someting hard to explain to those who do not know the game well. One must first learn to play it correctly in order to savor its richness.

Bent Larsen

#53. You've got to be dedicated to train as hard as you can, for as long as you can, because in any sport, and especially this environment, there's a lot of contact. It's all about conditioning and good preparation to keep your body in the best condition possible to play games.

Filo Tiatia

#54. I have to tell you, and I don't mean this as sour grapes or anything, but it is hard to play for fans who see you all the time, makes it much harder.

Roger Daltrey

#55. I like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them.

Emo Philips

#56. I wanted to prove that I could play something else, but there were 249 episodes out there of 'Mayberry,' and it was aired every day. It was hard to escape.

Andy Griffith

#57. I've heard people say it looks as if I don't care and I've certainly read that, but the way I play is natural. I don't think I can change it. I know I'm working as hard as the next man, even if it doesn't always look that way.

Rio Ferdinand

#58. You're not going to win by automatically going out there. It's hard to know what people really expect of you, and I've never tried to live up to expectations anyway. That's no way to play baseball.

Greg Maddux

#59. Here you play in the street, little chicken. Some day an automobile will run over you; and if it kills you, that will be the best thing that can happen. It may only break your leg or your wing. Then all of your life you will drag along in misery. Life is too hard for you, little bird.

John Steinbeck

#60. It's very hard to admit that the choice of 3D technology can play an important role for the director while he's thinking about the movie. But it does play a big role.

Fedor Bondarchuk

#61. Most people that do play nowadays hit really hard. It was good to get someone that hit really hard early on.

Serena Williams

#62. Mortal fate is hard. You'd best get used to it.

Euripides

#63. People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.

Samantha Morton

#64. You can't really judge characters, because that's when it gets really hard to play them.

Ellen Pompeo

#65. I'll never worry about not being successful. I'll just take it one day at a time, one season at a time. And play as hard as I can.

Bo Jackson

#66. It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with it, but when you walk away, that's not you.

Gemma Ward

#67. I have always wanted to play different kinds of stuff, but it's hard, first to find good material, and then to change people's perception of you so they'll let you do it. I mean, I would really like to play a poet, but once they get this notion of you as a street guy, it's hard to change that.

Matt Dillon

#68. I never learned how to make music, play an instrument, then a lot of people told me things like "you will never succeed" and "it's just a dream" - anyway it made me much trouble, but in a way it made me work hard to become more than a dream.

Marilou

#69. Coach Skiles is tough. He's been my only coach in the NBA, so I'm used to it. His rules are a little different at times. At the end of the day, he just wants you to play hard defense, and you can't fault him for that.

Brandon Jennings

#70. We work so hard as young artists to further our careers or improve our technique, sometimes it gets so easy to not actually go and see things like a play or a film. I think the best way to get better is to see other actors do what they do well.

Juliet Rylance

#71. I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

Debbie Reynolds

#72. I play hard and aggressive. I don't lay out the huge body checks because it's not really the style I play. But I love to be around the net and love battling corners and trying to dish pucks out.

Eric Staal

#73. People think that singing and playing is easy. It's not. It's easy to strum along, but if you actually want to really play, where it's important, that's a hard thing and not too many people are good at it.

Bob Dylan

#74. It's hard to play the enigmatic prince of romance when the object of your affections gets to watch you shit into the sea twice a day.

Mark Lawrence

#75. I'm starting to realize that she's my only real friend in the world right now. I can't lose that. I've tried so hard to play it safe with her, and I thought I was doing okay until I went all wounded warrior on her and ... fuck.

Heather Demetrios

#76. When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be way too hard for me.

Dean Norris

#77. It was a very hard play [Woman Under the Influence] to do every night. And John Cassavetes said, "Don't worry. Don't even think about it, you're right. I hadn't thought of that." He said, "Just forget it."

Gena Rowlands

#78. I found it really hard for a couple of years to do any writing because all I wanted to do was play the fiddle. From the minute I took it up, I just couldn't put it down.

Kate Thompson

#79. It's hard to play well, but it's easy to work hard.

Kevin Durant

#80. Alto (saxophone) is just a very hard instrument; there's so few people that play it really well. I feel it's the best one, too, now. At first I didn't feel that way; I wanted to be a tenor player. It took a long time for me to feel that alto was the most expressive of the saxophones.

Art Pepper

#81. I'd rather just stay quiet and play the game. Winning is hard enough as it is.

Tony Gonzalez

#82. I'd like to work with some of the videogame companies for the simple fact that they obviously need some sort of writer's help. I play videogames, and lately it's hard for me to enjoy them because I'm spending all my time cringing at the corny dialogue, thin characters, and glaring plot holes.

Patrick Rothfuss

#83. I push myself as hard as I can. Sometimes that can be painful and stressful but inthe end it's worth the price ... I like to play characters that I can draw from in my own life. I've invested so much of my life into my work that I almost don't have any choice.

Kristen Stewart

#84. Like many men who play tennis, when I hit a ball into the net, I tend to look daggers at my racket, reproaching it for playing so badly when I myself have been trying so hard.

Craig Brown

#85. When I got a chance to rap, I just busted my ass. When I got a chance to act, I busted my ass. Anytime I get a chance. I'm not wasting time. I won't do it if I'm not doing it 110 percent. You've got to work hard if you want to play hard. I like to play, but I know I gotta bust my ass.

Ice-T

#86. In 2004, I was on the West End stage in The Woman In White, and for every show I had to climb into a fat suit to play the obese Count Fosco. It was hard work, and unbearably hot, but I sailed through because I'd always kept myself fit.

Michael Crawford

#87. If I had to play only for people who liked the music because they heard it on the radio, it wouldn't make me happy. That's why I'm working so hard to have, yes, a profile as an artist, but also a profile as a DJ.

David Guetta

#88. It's interesting to have the awkward moments play out, and the real human interactions. The more you cut that down, you lose the joke, which is that this is painful and hard.

Nicholas Stoller

#89. But being energetic in my playing is something I've always thought was the right thing to do. Like I'm never forcing it, like "My God, I've gotta play so hard tonight!"

Tony Palermo

#90. My dad was the force behind me early on. He was just infatuated with baseball. He was the one that basically taught me how to play the game. He gave a lot of his time working out with me, practicing and taking me to a lot of different games. It was hard work between both of us.

Rafael Palmeiro

#91. I think that since I've had the baby, who's almost two, it's a work-hard-play-hard. Imake a lot of lists, I'm very scheduled, which is hard sometimes, but it keeps me organized - I know Now I can play or Now I've got to work.

Molly Sims

#92. It's hard to be in a bad mood when you're walking around looking like you're about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.

A. J. Jacobs

#93. It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

Emily Blunt

#94. Again, like I said, I went out to play the game of baseball because I love to play it. I did it right. I did it the right way. I worked hard doing it.

Roger Clemens

#95. The tough thing about radio is I've met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it's hard for them to figure out how to play what they like when there's somebody up above them yelling 'you have to play this.'

Chris Isaak

#96. Most teams have one All-Star, whether that guy made it this year or earlier in his career, and some teams have two All-Stars. What theyre showing is that a group of five guys that play together and play hard will always beat a team with two All-Stars and three average players.

Ray Allen

#97. You don't work as hard to watch a movie. You work harder to watch a play, so what the audience puts into it is interesting.

Tracy Letts

#98. It's all about having fun. Play hard and fair, don't hurt anybody. Feel good about what you're doing and how you're doing it.

Eli Manning

#99. I used to play sports in school, but it was hard to do that because you're part of a team and you don't want to let your team down.

Elle Fanning

#100. I don't smoke, drink alcohol well, or play games. But I watch dramas. It is hard to quit.

Yoseob