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I always played my best when I respected my opponent and was a little scared of them because they could beat me. Every game I played in college, that was the case.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
I don't think it's a good M.O. to disrespect your opponents, and maybe that's why the teams that disrespected me and my team lost to us.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
For my entire Duke career, people were gunning for us and hating us and wanting us to lose, so I got used to that right away. Every team is going to give you their best shot. Everyone wants to beat you.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
I made three visits during my senior year of high school to Duke, UNC, and Virginia. If I hadn't gone to Duke, I would have went to Carolina, just like a lot of Carolina players who, had they not gone there, would have went to Duke.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
No one thinks more highly of me than probably myself. I think that's fine.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
It amuses me that just because I'm white and always looked skinny, I'm supposed to be unphysical, soft, not tough.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
Being a physical specimen doesn't mean you're any good at playing inside. Positioning, using your head, the mental stuff - that's my game. That's what makes a good inside player.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
When I was 15 years old, the Duke-UNC game looked like the funnest game in the world to be a part of. So I chose to make sure I was a part of it for four years, and when I was at Duke, it exceeded all my expectations.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
Honestly, the Carolina games I played in every year were more intense than the national championship games I played in - they had a better environment.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
Everyone says I was real cute as a kid, but from 8 to 19, I was horrible-looking, freaky.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
Shaq is such a load. He's so big and strong, but it's possible to play well against him.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
I was how I was in college because I had to be. I played angry. I played hard. I stepped on guys' chests, I hit a game-winner against UConn.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
My senior year was crazy. We were defending champions, we were on national TV just about every weekend, and we were winning. Teams always brought their best when they went up against us, and we always matched it.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
My whole freshman year at Duke, it was drilled into me that nothing was given to you, and you have to earn it, and this is a dog-eat-dog world, and blah blah blah, and blah blah blah. And you buy into it, 100 percent. You end up loving it. That's the way it should be, right?
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
I bought into everything Coach K preached to us. His whole philosophy.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
I'm versatile in every part of my game - except being nice, which I am only at home.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
Any opposing gym we go into, I want them to hate me. At the end of the game, I want to be beating their team so bad that they should hate me.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
Basketball is a non-aggressive game. So when emotions are high, there's a very low chance to get angry or yell. So that's why it never happens out there.
Quote by -William Butler Yeats
The correct strategy in heads-up poker is based on identifying and acting upon your opponent's strengths and weaknesses.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Playing chess can make you a better poker player because it forces you to think several moves ahead. That kind of intense mental exercise develops a deeper level of thinking than is typically encountered when playing poker.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Bluffing is most effective when done sporadically; bluff too often, and you'll blow your credibility.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
The value of small pocket pairs comes from the possibility of flopping three of kind and winning a sizable pot. To that extent, playing this type of hand is a low risk/high reward proposition.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Beginning players are predictable and rarely bluff. They tend to focus only on their own hand and simply hope to catch the one card they need to improve.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Chess is a great training ground for poker players because it's a math-based game, much like backgammon is.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Whatever game suits you best, learn to play both Limit and No Limit Texas Hold'em. Your overall game will definitely improve.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Some golf instructors get overly technical and teach the mechanics of the ideal swing. That approach didn't work for me. So, I found a pro that didn't insist that I learn Tiger's swing. He accepted my physical limitations and improved my game by focusing on the minimal golf skills that I have.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Rarely is it correct to play a hyper-aggressive style of poker. But there are certain situations where a seemingly reckless approach will actually be the most profitable strategy to employ, like at the Main Event at the World Series of Poker.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
I dropped out of school to play poker, and at 21, I moved from Toronto to try my luck as a pro in Vegas. I ate the typical meat-heavy diet of most poker players in the '90s: burgers and steak, along with French fries, mash, and a bucket-load of wine, beer, and vodka. There was nothing fresh in my diet, and I felt terrible.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
As a general rule, the more precious the chips you'd consider betting, the more you should lean toward playing it safe. Check it down; cautious play is usually the recipe for long-term success in poker.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Soft playing destroys the integrity of the game of poker, and it's wrong - flat out wrong.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
In tournaments, players typically raise when they enter the pot. In cash games, though, players are more likely to limp in before the flop. That's because cash games are usually deeper-stacked, meaning that players will have a higher ratio of chips in relation to the blinds than they would in a tournament.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
When it came to healthy eating, my parents did their best to set me on the right path. At school, my friends ate McDonalds at lunchtime, but I had a packed lunch that my mother made for me. I hated it at the time, but looking back, I'm glad.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
I try not to push veganism specifically. If I'm asked for my advice, I say just eat healthy.
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The goal of hyper-aggressive poker is to create a wild and crazy image that will return dividends when you're eventually dealt a monster hand.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
Hyper-aggressive poker is most effective in games where players are happy to just call rather than reraise.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu
The biggest differences between Omaha and Hold'em is that you get four hole cards in Omaha as opposed to two in Hold'em, and in Omaha, you can only use two of your hole cards and must play three cards from the board.
Quote by -Daniel Negreanu