James Holzhauer

I am in awe of Ken Jennings's accomplishments, as all 'Jeopardy!' fans are. Simply being compared to him is an honor.

— James Holzhauer

I always dreamed of working in an MLB front office and ruining baseball, but I have to settle for ruining 'Jeopardy' instead.

— James Holzhauer

In gambling, you usually start to go wrong when you deviate from your pregame strategy.

— James Holzhauer

I bet sports all the time and very rarely get in a spot where someone offered me even money on something I'm…

— James Holzhauer

I think there's a mental block for betting big amounts that doesn't exist for me but it does for other people.

— James Holzhauer

If I can really work in any sport, I wonder if the Golden Knights have an opening in their analytics department?

— James Holzhauer

The last real job I had I was 16-years-old slinging fried chicken in my hometown of Naperville, Ill.

— James Holzhauer

Getting onto 'Jeopardy!' was a pet project my whole life, so it was something I was willing to work really hard on.

— James Holzhauer

I figured, maybe one in five, one in 10 people would recognize me. But no, it's everywhere, especially in Las Vegas. I…

— James Holzhauer

I've found that in an adult reference book, if it's not a subject I'm interested in, I just can't get into it.…

— James Holzhauer

I think the best way to quickly describe my personality is that I'm a maximizer rather than a satisficer, i.e. I want…

— James Holzhauer

My parents read me some typical children's books: 'Green Eggs and Ham,' 'The Little Engine That Could,' 'Peter Rabbit.' But I quickly…

— James Holzhauer

I think most people who bother to study 'Jeopardy!' game theory are going to arrive at similar conclusions about how to best…

— James Holzhauer

I wouldn't recommend sports betting as a career. It requires a ton of effort and mastery of many different skills, and successful…

— James Holzhauer

The fact that I win and lose money all the time helps desensitize me, so I can write down $60,000 as the…

— James Holzhauer

As a sports fan, I like the one-and-done playoff setups of the NFL and NCAA, but a best-of-seven gives the favorite a…

— James Holzhauer

The 'Classics Illustrated' series was an excellent primer in literature, and I also really enjoyed Zachary Hamby's mythology books for teens.

— James Holzhauer

It is exciting for me to see the stats guys winning the battle and getting into MLB front offices.

— James Holzhauer

I really like not having to justify my decisions to anyone else, as well as the freedom to vacation whenever I want.

— James Holzhauer

I honestly don't think I can hack it in the 9-to-5 world, though I've never actually tried.

— James Holzhauer

When I was a kid, I would turn on the television as soon as I got home from school.

— James Holzhauer

It was always my plan to go big on 'Jeopardy!,' and I'm glad I was able to stick to the plan under…

— James Holzhauer

I stopped playing online poker due to a combination of the UIGEA legislation and realizing that I could make more money with…

— James Holzhauer

It's really funny seeing all these media depictions of me as an intellectual because I'm a connoisseur of low culture.

— James Holzhauer

There are big advantages to having a lot of chips early on in a poker tournament. You can make plays that other…

— James Holzhauer

I went to Illinois. Most people think I went to Princeton or something. But I was never a diligent student.

— James Holzhauer

As a gambler, I hold myself to an especially high standard of honor, and it disgusts me when people try to cheat…

— James Holzhauer

As a general rule, the less time a bookmaker has to set his odds the softer the odds are going to be.

— James Holzhauer

I've learned more about animals just by reading to my kid than I ever did studying.

— James Holzhauer

I did want to lock each game up before Final Jeopardy, to avoid losing to a bad bounce in that round.

— James Holzhauer

I really underestimated how many people are paying attention to 'Jeopardy' and what's out there.

— James Holzhauer

I hope that my 'Jeopardy' run helps destigmatize sports betting because I have certainly dealt with some stigmas.

— James Holzhauer

There were times in school where I would say, 'I should go to class.' But I could make $100 playing online poker…

— James Holzhauer

I often see sports teams playing to force overtime instead of trying to win in regulation, and it makes me shake my…

— James Holzhauer

In gambling we say you are 'on tilt' when your mood gets in the way of making your best decisions. And nobody…

— James Holzhauer

Anytime you learn something new, you're just trying to file it away - might be useful one day.

— James Holzhauer

There's nothing better for my interests and talents than combining math and sports for profit.

— James Holzhauer

I first got into gambling because it was a way for me to leverage my love of baseball statistics. For the first…

— James Holzhauer

You need to pick your spots and bet big when you identify them. That's basically my 'Jeopardy!' strategy in a nutshell.

— James Holzhauer

I spent almost no time studying categories like geography and sports, even though they came up frequently on 'Jeopardy,' because I'm already…

— James Holzhauer