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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

Look, nobody is ever exactly the same as anybody else. You're handed the cards you are for a particular reason, so you follow that path and see where it takes you.

In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing.

The important thing to know is that life will always deal us a few bad cards, but we have to play those cards the best we can. And we can play to win. This was one lesson I picked up when I was a teenager. It has been my guiding principle ever since. When I wanted something, the best person to depend on was myself.

Given how well the cards have been dealt to someone like myself, I think there's an inherent obligation to try to reach out and make a difference.

If you play your cards right things are going to happen in the long run. In the short run, it is anybody's guess.

I am a poker player, but I am not a good poker player. My favorite game is seven card stud, but I'll play hi/lo, Hold 'em, Razz, etc.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.