“One day a chump, the next day a champion. What a difference a day makes in tournament poker!” - Mike Sexton
"The best tournament hold'em players are those skilled enough to hang around long enough to get lucky!" - Unknown
"Some days are diamonds. Some days are stones!" - John Denver
“The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play.” - Chris Moneymaker
“Poker is a lot like sex. Everyone thinks they are the best, but most don’t have a clue what they are doing.” - Dutch Boyd
“Besides lovemaking and singing in the shower, there aren’t many human activities where there is a greater difference between a person’s self-delusional ability and their actual ability than in poker.” - Steve Badger
“Poker is generally thought to be America’s second most popular after-dark activity. Sex is good, but poker lasts longer.” - Al Alvarez
"Don't challenge strong players. Challenge the weak ones. That's what they're there for!" - John Vorhaus
"Poker is a game between people. Cards are just tools. And people are the ones who wield them. Cards by themselves cannot do anything." - Doyle Brunson
"Life is not always a matter of holding good cards but sometimes playing a poor hand well!" - Jack London
“Poker is not a game in which the meek inherit the Earth.” - David Hayano
“It’s said that the two psychological features of snipers are patience and stubbornness. Some might say the same is true for good poker players.” - Stephen Bloomfield
“Fold and live to fold again.” - Stu Ungar
“You will show your poker greatness by the hands you fold, not by the hands you play.” - Dan Reed
"Everyone gets lucky once in a while, but no one is consistently lucky!" - Doyle Brunson
“The smarter you play, the luckier you’ll be.” - Mark Pilarski
“Poker is a combination of luck and skill. People think mastering the skill part is hard, but they’re wrong. The trick to poker is mastering the luck.” - Jesse May
“In the long run there’s no luck in poker, but the short run is longer than most people know.” - Rick Bennet
“The strong point in poker is never to lose your temper, either with those you are playing or, more particularly with the cards. There is no sympathy in poker. Always keep cool. If you lose your head you will lose all your chips.” - William J. Florence
"The mark of a top player is not how much he wins when he is winning, but how he handles his losses!" - Bobby Baldwin
"It's bad luck to be superstitious" - Andrew Mathis
“Going on tilt is not mixing up your play." - Steve Badger
“Let me tell you how the Internet screwed up poker, okay? When a guy sucks out on the river, on the Internet, you cannot take the guy out in the parking lot and break his fucking knees.” - Deuce Fairbanks
“A pair of balls beats everything!” - Unknown
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