Writing is fun – at least mostly. I write for four hours every day. After that I go running. As a rule, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). That’s easy to manage.
Haruki MurakamiPlaying big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of people love to live vicariously through those characters.
Dwayne JohnsonAnyone who doesn’t have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me.
Anthony BourdainAs soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.
Coco ChanelJust as I wanted to outdo everyone when I played, I had to outdo everyone when we were out on the town.
George BestI have never cared especially for outdoor sports and have no desire to excel at tennis, swimming, or golf. I’ll leave those things to the men.
Marilyn MonroeDon’t be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
Colin PowellFun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.
Richard BransonWhen I was playing, there were always lots of teams in contention for the league – Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Leeds. Every week was a big game and a big battle.
George BestTaking in a baseball game on TV is also a big treat.
Jerry SeinfeldI’d like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!
Taylor SwiftTime you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
John LennonThere’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
Steven WrightNothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.
John RuskinI’d love to go into WWE and have a real knock and see what’s what.
Conor McGregorI’m very good with technology, I always have been, and with machines in general. They seem not threatening like other people find them, but a source of fun and amusement.
Brian EnoIf you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.
Conor McGregorNearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I’m sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.
Brian EnoWriting is the most fun you can have by yourself.
Terry PratchettSince the very beginning, Emeril’s had a sense of humor about me calling him names and poking fun at him.
Anthony BourdainThat’s a traditional Samoan dance. I was lucky that I was able to fly my cousins, who are professional dancers, up from Hawaii and they were able to be in the movie with me. We had a great time.
Dwayne JohnsonThe end of labor is to gain leisure.
AristotleKeeping score is for games, not friendships.
John C. MaxwellThere are a lot of inaccuracies out there when it comes to the SEAL training process. You will see guys carrying logs around on television. They think that the hardest part about being on a SEAL team is getting through that training. The fact of the matter is, if you have a good attitude, that training is fun. I had a blast.
Jocko WillinkIt’s rule number one, really – beating your teammate.
Lando NorrisSerious sport is war minus the shooting.
George OrwellThere are some singers that know exactly when to go, and others hang on much too long and that is the same, that is the same with judges.
Ruth Bader GinsburgIt’s always fun to talk about jazz.
Clint EastwoodIt’s really annoying for me. That’s not what I’m playing for, to be the face of the NBA or to be this or that or to take LeBron’s throne or whatever.
Stephen CurryAnd while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
Andrew CarnegieLeisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.
Samuel JohnsonI don’t know anything that builds the will to win better than competitive sports.
Richard M. NixonToo much TV hurts movies.
Elvis PresleyThere’s my personal life, my sensitive side, and then me as a performer, sexy and energised and fun.
Beyonce KnowlesAntitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.
Bill GatesThe first time I used a simulator was in 2014 when I was competing in the Ginetta Junior Championship.
Lando NorrisSectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.
John SteinbeckI will fight in many weight divisions.
Conor McGregorWe came up with TDE. As competitive as rap is, and as much as we’re trying to exceed the standards we set for ourselves, we take their wins as our wins, too.
Nipsey HussleIt kills me to lose. If I’m a troublemaker, and I don’t think that my temper makes me one, then it’s because I can’t stand losing. That’s the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
Jackie RobinsonIt’s good to wander into the studio and walk out with something that’s better than you’d imagined it to be. If everything was as you imagined it to be, it just wouldn’t be as much fun.
Dave GrohlI played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.
Henny YoungmanOne is lucky to be born in a place where no one is doing it, because then you can say, ‚Well, obviously I can write better than everyone else in high school.‘ You have no idea of the competition.
Alice MunroIt is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.
Richard M. NixonAll of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiThere’s many ups and downs in the fight game.
Conor McGregorWhile playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake.
Henny YoungmanIf you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.
Matthew McConaugheyDancing in high heels is kind of tough. I learn the dances without the heels, and then we add them. We just practice, and I get used to it. My feet hurt really badly at the end of the shows, but it’s fun. While it’s happening it’s fun. I feel tall.
Ariana GrandeThe healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
Colin PowellSometimes too much to drink is barely enough.
Mark TwainMaybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that’s never been me.
Tom BradyRunning taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
Nelson MandelaI don’t get bored.
Haruki MurakamiThere is always room for losers in the football business. They are the mother’s milk of gambling, and why not? Somebody has to do it, or there won’t be any winners.
Hunter S. ThompsonI never go anywhere. I do sketches and make phone calls, and people visit. It’s more fun to come to Paris.
Karl LagerfeldWe know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
Barack ObamaI’m trying to get to Mars before everyone else.
The WeekndSo many guys are so conservative with their hair, and I always joke with all my buddies when they mess with me, and I’ll say, ‚That’s right, keep the same haircut for ten years.‘ How fun is that?
Tom BradyI turned away from bikes when I got a bambino kart for my seventh birthday and started doing some karting, just around some cones at home, but I didn’t think at that point I knew I wanted to go into F1, it was more just for fun.
Lando Norris