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I've become addicted to playing poker because you're constantly faced with confusion, and winning is trying to make sense out of nonsense.

At my first tournament, about four years ago, I got four twos. Now I have a poker problem. I do win every so often, so that's what keeps me going.

No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky.

You learn more from losing than winning. You learn how to keep going.

I like to play cards. I'm not very good, because I don't want to calculate, I just play by instinct. But I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker.

When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot.

Oh, it's not really gambling when you never lose.

I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.

With gamblers, it's never enough. You keep thinking on a conscious level that the prize is whatever the pot is. In poker, you may have a certain goal for the day. But the truth is, as soon as you win, more often than not the first thing that comes to mind is: If I'd bet more, I would have won more.

I never really gambled - certainly not playing poker. I'd casually bet on a football game or joined a pool.