Proper noun
The Game
A mind game where the objective is to avoid thinking about "The Game", and by thinking about it one loses, and subsequently has to announce one's loss to the world in order to make them lose.
You just lost The Game.
The game isn't over till it's over. Yogi Berra
You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. Isaac Asimov
At the end of the game the king and the pawn go into the same bag. English Proverb
At the end of the game we see who wins. Italian Proverb
He who looks on has two-thirds of the game. Italian Proverb