Christian Vieri Quotes

I don't think I could live without a deck of cards in my hands.

My dad was a big card player.

It's okay," he informs me. "Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker." If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.

I've always played cards. I can't remember when there wasn't a gambling game going on somewhere, even if it was a craps game in a wheelbarrow on the backside of the racetrack.

I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.

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

What I know about poker, you can fit into a thimble with room left over, but I'm learning.

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

So to me, Texas Hold 'em puts me to sleep. At least when you play stud, you can be funny as you deal. Somebody some day is going to come up with a Stud show that's going to work.

The beautiful thing about poker is that everybody thinks they can play.

I'm not a great card player. Keeping my cards close has always been a challenge for me.

I just don't enjoy poker that much.

Poker is supposed to be fun.

I was mad-keen on poker as a kid. It was like the snooker, pulling me into that same smokey atmosphere I loved.

What is "poker"? A card game where abler liars take money off less able liars.

I had never really been around cards.

Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.

I like blackjack. I like the psychology of poker.

Know when to hold 'um, know when to fold 'um and know when to walk away from cameramen.

You get steely nerves playing poker.

Poker has such an element of competitivness that other games don't have.

The mob taught me how to play gin rummy.

If I'm playing cards for pennies, I want to win.

A lot of boys in my poker circle are mathematicians who play on probability. I don't have that kind of brain, so I rely on instinct. But I recently found out that poker and cards in general go way back in my family gene pool.

Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups.