84 Quotes by James Holzhauer

I think if you're talking about 'Jeopardy' style, I'm not afraid to throw the deep ball, even if it might get picked off, so Deshaun Watson I think would be the best comparison.

I know life goes on if you make a big bet and you lose. But if you don't give yourself the best chance of winning, you're going to kick yourself tomorrow.

In gambling, you usually start to go wrong when you deviate from your pregame strategy.

When I was a kid, I would turn on the television as soon as I got home from school.

In gambling we say you are 'on tilt' when your mood gets in the way of making your best decisions. And nobody plays well on tilt.

I first got into gambling because it was a way for me to leverage my love of baseball statistics. For the first few years, that's all I would focus on.

I bet sports all the time and very rarely get in a spot where someone offered me even money on something I'm going to get right five out of six times.

The 'Classics Illustrated' series was an excellent primer in literature, and I also really enjoyed Zachary Hamby's mythology books for teens.

I feel like I've been lucky in a lot of ways.