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Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling QUOTES

1 " When you're doing good everybody wants to be your best friend, he said. When you're doing bad nobody wants to know you. That's in any business in any part of life. If you live long enough, you'll see what I mean. "

― , Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling

2 " Successful gamblers say that if you really want to excel in their line of work, you must be able to "ride the wave," the "wave" being losing streaks, the fear of getting busted, and the sickening feeling that strikes with smiting force when you realize you trusted someone you shouldn't have--that you were taken for a sucker. "

― , Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling