68 Quotes by Alex Trebek

My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I’m successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.

I’m curious about everything – even things that don’t interest me.

My dad drank pretty heavily, and he never missed a day of work in his life. So I never looked at drinking as a serious problem, but drugs to me are a serious problem. I think it’s a generational thing. I think older people don’t feel as uncomfortable around drinkers as they do around dopers.

When I finish as the host of ‘Jeopardy!’ I’m going to go up to Taft in central California. They have a small college there that teaches you about oil drilling.

Saying that I’ve THOUGHT about it doesn’t mean that I’m DOING it.

I did everything – I did newscasts, I did sports, I did dramas.

But don’t get me wrong... driving a truck doesn’t make me a redneck. I don’t have a gun rack in it. I have a wine rack.

I don’t like to use the words batting or fighting when talking about cancer. It suggests that there are only two outcomes: winning and losing. If you don’t get well, then you are a “loser.” If you have decided to stop treatment, you are “giving up.” That’s nonsense... It is not a fair fight. Not even close. It is simple biology. You get treatment and you get better. Or you don’t. And neither outcome is an indication of your strength as a person.

Yet I still believe in the will to live. I believe in positivity. I believe in optimism. I believe in hope, and I certainly believe in the power of prayer.