--- title: "10 Thinking Play Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Thinking Play quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Thinking Play sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/darell-hammond-15754_best_people-have-to-see-play-as-more-importan_1906645.jpg" --- > [People have to see play as more important than what it currently is. We don't want to get boxed into thinking play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darell-hammond/people-have-to-see-play-as-more-important-than-what-it-currently-is/) [Darell Hammond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darell-hammond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/darell-hammond-15754_best_people-have-to-see-play-as-more-importan_1906645.jpg) > [I've studied the way the Internet kids play. I want to know what they're thinking when they play pots against me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-hellmuth/i-ve-studied-the-way-the-internet-kids-play-i-want-to-know-what-they/) [Phil Hellmuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-hellmuth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/phil-hellmuth-4613_internet_i-ve-studied-the-way-the-internet-kids-p_97291.png) > [I never have any trouble playing anything I can think of. The trouble is in thinking of what to play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-getz/i-never-have-any-trouble-playing-anything-i-can-think-of-the-trouble/) [Stan Getz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-getz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/stan-getz-15717_football_i-never-have-any-trouble-playing-anythin_2004353.png) > [I remember thinking, if someone else can play me better than me, then what am I even here on this earth for?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-fox/i-remember-thinking-if-someone-else-can-play-me-better-than-me-then/) [Julia Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/julia-fox-7915_better_i-remember-thinking-if-someone-else-can_647763.jpg) > [Being an instinctive player is great but there's time in the past where I've let how I'm playing at the time affect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-stokes/being-an-instinctive-player-is-great-but-there-s-time-in-the-past/) [Ben Stokes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-stokes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/ben-stokes-5571_great_being-an-instinctive-player-is-great-but_1543972.jpg) > [I never go into a fight thinking: 'How do I play mind games?' Never, ever. But you size them up. Suss them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-taylor/i-never-go-into-a-fight-thinking-how-do-i-play-mind-games-never-ever/) [Josh Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60c/josh-taylor-6829_fight_i-never-go-into-a-fight-thinking-how-do_923296.jpg) > [Don't fool yourself thinking you can play a woman who has been there done that, & heard it all before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/don-t-fool-yourself-thinking-you-can-play-a-woman-who-has-been-there/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/anonymous-1_quote_don-t-fool-yourself-thinking-you-can-pla_877078.jpg) > [Something like missing a shot, and the next play you're thinking about it, or you give up a play on defense and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grayson-allen/something-like-missing-a-shot-and-the-next-play-you-re-thinking-about/) [Grayson Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grayson-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cae/grayson-allen-12984_next_something-like-missing-a-shot-and-the-ne_76528.jpg) > [I discover that I am thinking about a play, which is the first awareness I have that a new play is forming.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-discover-that-i-am-thinking-about-a-play-which-is-the-first/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/edward-albee-1684_awareness_i-discover-that-i-am-thinking-about-a-pl_1051585.png) > [With my work, I always want to people to just forget about anything stressful going on in their lives and be fully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/del-shores/with-my-work-i-always-want-to-people-to-just-forget-about-anything/) [Del Shores](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/del-shores/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f85/del-shores-24409_home_with-my-work-i-always-want-to-people-to_245326.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking-play/#itemlist", "name": "Thinking Play Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People have to see play as more important than what it currently is. 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