Tournament poker is not about survival; tournament poker is about accumulating chips. - Erick "E-Dog" Lindgren
I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot… and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s precisely why I succeed. - Michael Jordan
We must have the courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage, if life is to be effective and bring happiness. - Maxwell Maltz
Playing cash every day is infinitely more profitable and flexible than the life of a tournament professional. - Alex "assassinato" Fitzgerald
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. - James Openheim
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. - Barack Obama
When we are winning, we feel invincible... When we are losing, we feel like we may never win again... The most difficult aspect of poker is remaining humble and mentally steadfast during highs and lows. This is a lesson I continue to focus on. - CJ "Rex55" Joshi
The first thing you need to know about poker tournaments... is that most people lose most of the time. If you can't stand disappointment, you don't stand a chance. - John Vorhaus
There is a well-known rule of warfare: Advance with bayonet; if you encounter mush, proceed; if you encounter steel, fall back.... If we bet and hit a wall, we need to start sensing that there is a wall there, instead of trying to deny it or otherwise rationalize it away. When we feel something solid up ahead, stop trying to push through. We cannot win at poker until we correctly perceive these signals. - Larry W. Phillips
Understanding the difficulties, enduring the hardships, predicting the risks, tolerating the abuse; for such a person, all ensure fame and success. - Chinese maxim
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