I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride.

I'd almost prefer [Richard] Nixon. I'd say [Bill] Clinton is every bit as corrupt as Nixon, but a lot smoother.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

Don't judge your taco by its price

The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there.