The bad news is that you are only going to be dealt one of them.' 'The good news is that in every deck of fifty-two cards there are 2,598,960 possible hands. In no-limit, the target comes alive and shoots back at you.' 'Limit poker is a science, but no-limit is an art. 'Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.' So if a guy wants to bet twenty or thirty thousand dollars in a poker game, that is his privilege.' But I'm not going to say it is foolish or wrong to spend that kind of money, if that's what you want. 'I've often thought, if I got really hungry for a good milk shake, how much would I pay for one? People will pay a hundred dollars for a bottle of wine to me that's not worth it. 'Trust everyone, but always cut the cards.' You cannot survive without that intangible quality we call heart.'
'Playing poker for a living gives you backbone.
'A faint heart never filled a spade flush.'
