Rounders (film)

"Listen, heres the thing. If you cant spot the sucker in your first half-hour at the table, then you are the sucker. Guys around here will tell ya, you play for a living, its like any other job. You dont gamble, you grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour, thats it. Get your money in when you have the best of it. Protect it when you dont. Dont give anything away. Thats how I paid my way through half of law school. A true grinder. You see, I learned how to win a little at a time. But finally Ive learned this: if youre too careful, your whole life can become a fuckin grind."

"Ive often seen these people, these squares at the table, short stack and long odds against them. All their outs gone. One last card in the deck that can help them. I used to wonder how they could let themselves get into such bad shape, and how the hell they thought they could turn it around."

"Were not playing together. But then again, were not playing against each other either. Its like the Nature Channel. You dont see piranhas eating each other, do you?"

"Its immoral to let a sucker keep his money."

"Youve got to play the hand youre dealt."

"In The Game Of Life... Play The Cards Youre Dealt"