for the love of the game

English

Adverb

for the love of the game (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Doing something for one's own enjoyment or other intrinsic desire to do so; not for other reasons such as money or other ulterior motives.
    He didn't do it for the money; he did it for the love of the game.
    • 2025 October 15, “Noem Goes Full Propaganda Barbie”, in The Majority Report with Sam Seder‎[1]:
      Sam Seder: Can you imagine, you sign up to rip women away from their children, to harass and terrorize brown people, to go and throw smoke bombs in front of schools, and you're doing this work, and then all of the sudden you're like "Hey, wait a second. You're not even paying me for this?"
      David Dayen: You know, I think a lot of them do it for the love of the game, frankly.
      Sam Seder: That's true, that's probably true.
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