Chris Moneymaker

“This is beyond fairy tale. It's inconceivable.”

“I was a nobody. I was a guy that played online.”

“The name is 100% real. It’s my real last name. I didn't make it up.”

“If I can do it, anybody can do it.”

“One of the biggest things you need to be a successful poker player is to be able to control your emotions.”

“The money is great, but the bracelet is what it's all about.”

“Poker is a skill game, but it has a lot of luck in it.”

“You have to be willing to lose it all to win it all.”

“I don’t want to be the best poker player in the world. I want to be the most memorable.”

“I'm just a regular guy from Tennessee.”

“The game of poker is a marathon, not a sprint.”

“My life changed in one day. It was literally overnight.”

“I tell people all the time, my goal wasn't to win the World Series. My goal was to make it through Day 1.”

“You can't be afraid to make a big bluff. It's part of the game.”

“I was an accountant. I was good at math. That's what drew me to poker.”

“I'm the ambassador for the amateur player.”

“The best thing about poker is that you can be any age, any gender, any size, and you can compete.”