How to Be a Poker Player Quotes

“Do you want to be a poker player? Then this is your path, the only one. You will be wrong, always wrong. But you must keep being wrong and keep whittling away at that wrongness.”
― Haseeb Qureshi, How to Be a Poker Player: The Philosophy of Poker

“A gambler is nothing but a man who makes his living out of hope. William Bolitho”
― Haseeb Qureshi, How to Be a Poker Player: The Philosophy of Poker

“In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
― Haseeb Qureshi, How to Be a Poker Player: The Philosophy of Poker

“Poker is ultimately a battle against human irrationality. To master poker is to master the brain, the human apparatus. This is also the journey.”
― Haseeb Qureshi, How to Be a Poker Player: The Philosophy of Poker