Rounders (film)

"Listen, here's the thing. If you can't 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, it's like any other job. You don't gamble, you grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour, that's it. Get your money in when you have the best of it. Protect it when you don't. Don't give anything away. That's 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 I've learned this: if you're too careful, your whole life can become a fuckin' grind."

"I've 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."

"We're not playing together. But then again, we're not playing against each other either. It's like the Nature Channel. You don't see piranhas eating each other, do you?"

"It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money."

"Just like a young man coming in for a quickie. I feel so unsatisfied."

"You've got to play the hand you're dealt."

"In The Game Of Life... Play The Cards You're Dealt"

"Trust everyone... but always cut the cards"

"Pick a card, any card"

"Matt Damon - Mike McDermott"

"Edward Norton - Lester "Worm" Murphy"

"John Malkovich - Teddy KGB"

"John Turturro - Joey Knish"

"Famke Janssen - Petra"

"Michael Rispoli - Grama"

"Martin Landau - Abe Petrovsky"

"Gretchen Mol - Jo"

"Paul Sorvino - Russian Thug"

"Melina Kanakaredes - Barbara"

"Josh Mostel - Zagosh"