--- title: "10 Decision Play Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Decision Play quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Decision Play sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/gareth-southgate-6473_decision_sometimes-it-s-not-always-a-good-decisio_1030614.jpg" --- > [Sometimes it's not always a good decision to play if people's energy isn't quite there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-southgate/sometimes-it-s-not-always-a-good-decision-to-play-if-people-s-energy/) [Gareth Southgate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gareth-southgate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/gareth-southgate-6473_decision_sometimes-it-s-not-always-a-good-decisio_1030614.jpg) > [At the end of the day, it will be the manager's decision where I play. Wherever he puts me on the pitch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joao-cancelo/at-the-end-of-the-day-it-will-be-the-manager-s-decision-where-i-play/) [Joao Cancelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joao-cancelo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/joao-cancelo-6698_best_at-the-end-of-the-day-it-will-be-the-man_2372270.jpg) > [I was all for basketball, and I made the decision to play tennis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-kyrgios/i-was-all-for-basketball-and-i-made-the-decision-to-play-tennis/) [Nick Kyrgios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-kyrgios/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/nick-kyrgios-13754_basketball_i-was-all-for-basketball-and-i-made-the_636087.jpg) > [Anyone who knows me knows my mom, Dorcina, has to sign off on any decision and that she will play a major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nerlens-noel/anyone-who-knows-me-knows-my-mom-dorcina-has-to-sign-off-on-any/) [Nerlens Noel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nerlens-noel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab6/nerlens-noel-47672_any_anyone-who-knows-me-knows-my-mom-dorcina_1492541.jpg) > [“and you goddamn well know it. I’m damn sure it was the right call; she’s not getting dragged into this mess. No—no,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-kenner/and-you-goddamn-well-know-it-i-m-damn-sure-it-was-the-right-call-she/) [J. Kenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-kenner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/j-kenner-4828_quote_and-you-goddamn-well-know-it-i-m-damn-su_1214297.jpg) > [I think it's sad to me that I had to make a decision to not play the game that I feel like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tiffeny-milbrett/i-think-it-s-sad-to-me-that-i-had-to-make-a-decision-to-not-play-the/) [Tiffeny Milbrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tiffeny-milbrett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/tiffeny-milbrett-24612_about_i-think-it-s-sad-to-me-that-i-had-to-mak_2214898.png) > [“They would learn to evaluate a decision not by its outcomes--whether it turned out to be right or wrong--but by the process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lewis/they-would-learn-to-evaluate-a-decision-not-by-its-outcomes-whether/) [Michael Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/michael-lewis-705_decision-making_they-would-learn-to-evaluate-a-decision_2646726.png) > [It's a brutal game. It requires a certain type of person to play it. Once you make the decision to play it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-olsen/it-s-a-brutal-game-it-requires-a-certain-type-of-person-to-play-it/) [Greg Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-olsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/588/greg-olsen-5675_decision_it-s-a-brutal-game-it-requires-a-certain_3125411.jpg) > [You love for a quarterback to sometimes make the decision as the rush is coming and make the decision as the play,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-quinn/you-love-for-a-quarterback-to-sometimes-make-the-decision-as-the-rush/) [Dan Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-quinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/dan-quinn-12052_computers_you-love-for-a-quarterback-to-sometimes_2201413.jpg) > [“In stressful situations, people often talk about a fight-or-flight response. Which, in my opinion, doesn’t give enough credit to the more common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sloane-crosley/in-stressful-situations-people-often-talk-about-a-fight-or-flight/) [Sloane Crosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sloane-crosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/sloane-crosley-1764_stressful-situations_in-stressful-situations-people-often-tal_259957.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decision-play/#itemlist", "name": "Decision Play Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes it's not always a good decision to play if people's energy isn't quite there.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gareth Southgate" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-southgate/sometimes-it-s-not-always-a-good-decision-to-play-if-people-s-energy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/gareth-southgate-6473_decision_sometimes-it-s-not-always-a-good-decisio_1030614.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/gareth-southgate-6473_decision_sometimes-it-s-not-always-a-good-decisio_1030614.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/gareth-southgate-6473_decision_sometimes-it-s-not-always-a-good-decisio_1030614.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes it's not always a good decision to play if people's energy isn't quite there.” — Gareth Southgate", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At the end of the day, it will be the manager's decision where I play. 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The job of the decision maker wasn't to be right but to figure out the odds in any decision and play them well.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Lewis" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-lewis/they-would-learn-to-evaluate-a-decision-not-by-its-outcomes-whether/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/michael-lewis-705_decision-making_they-would-learn-to-evaluate-a-decision_2646726.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/michael-lewis-705_decision-making_they-would-learn-to-evaluate-a-decision_2646726.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/412/michael-lewis-705_decision-making_they-would-learn-to-evaluate-a-decision_2646726.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They would learn to evaluate a decision not by its outcomes--whether it turned out to be right or wrong--but…” — Michael Lewis", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a brutal game. 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Which, in my opinion, doesn’t give enough credit to the more common reaction of curling up into a little ball. […] For once, I made the decision to play it cool. Or stupid. 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