He was a proud guy, and he worked really hard. He had a passion for this business.

The best poker players walk a tightrope between their business sense and their passion. As professionals, they seek out the most profitable opportunities and control as many factors as possible to create a positive result. As gamblers, however, they want the risk and excitement of having something important on the line with the outcome in the balance.

The best poker players walk a tightrope between their business sense and their passion,

When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.

We juggle our schedules to make it happen. ... It's a full-time passion, but it's a part-time job.

I don't advise any one to take it up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent, and are crippled so as to deprive them of physical labor.