Joe Mantegna Quotes

I'm not going to go back to gambling; I mean, it's as simple as that.

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

Without gambling, I would not exist.

I hate casinos. I have zero interest in gambling.

High stakes, low stakes, poor or rich - people will find a way to gamble.

I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.

If you spend a week at a casino you will very easily see that people have a certain way of behaving in a casino.

I wouldn't see myself as a gambler.

I don't play. I'm a terrible gambler. I don't know half the rules, and I'm not really patient enough to sit through hours of gaming.

Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me.

I'm not a gambler.

At night when I can't sleep, I play blackjack online until I get tired or I lose my money.

People say, 'Jay, you're a great guy, you just had a couple of bad nights.' People that have themselves under control don't have a couple of bad nights like that. Plain and simple.

I do love to gamble; I hate to admit it.

I need to protect myself from my own addictive impulse.

I don't gamble.

Most gamblers do it for ego. It's not about winning or losing, it's about challenging your ego and showing your mates you're fearless and will bet on anything.

A lot of people do impulsive things. They just go with their moves. I used to do that. Once I was able to control my mind, I was able to control my actions.

When I was young, you get into the point where you want to throw everything hard. And it looks good, it feels good... You get to the point, though, where it's not realistic.

When I was young and didn't have money, I liked gambling because winning and losing was fun for the rush of it.

Even as a boy, my dad always told me, 'Don't show emotion.' If I banged my cue, he would give me a row and say, 'Stop that.' Don't show any petulance. It was developed, certainly, but I think you have got to have it in you.

It is certainly much easier wholly to decline a passion than to keep it within just bounds and measures; and that which few can moderate almost anybody may prevent.

Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.

You can control yourself if you really want to. I'll tell you how I know you can control yourself. If you were in a full fledged emotional temper tantrum in your house and I knocked on your front door..... Come on! Let me tell you what, you would get control of yourself, and it would only take a few seconds.

Self-control might be as passionate and as active as the surrender to passion.