Phil Hellmuth

If I'm going to play without any rest I might as well not play at all. I rest a lot but I…

— Phil Hellmuth

Michael Phelps truly has a ton of poker talent.

— Phil Hellmuth

Very few players want to go home wondering if they've folded the best hand. They feel humiliated when they're bluffed out of…

— Phil Hellmuth

It wasn't a popular thing to be a professional poker player in the '80s.

— Phil Hellmuth

Keeping my emotions in check translates to me playing a lot better.

— Phil Hellmuth

Trust me when I tell you that Andy Roddick has the game to win a major poker tournament. I've played Hold 'em…

— Phil Hellmuth

We have hillbillies with third grade educations and 8th grade educations who have conquered the poker world. There is no telling why…

— Phil Hellmuth

I bought a midnight blue Porsch with a whale tail when I was winning big one time in L.A. That car was…

— Phil Hellmuth

I'm trying to make history. I've always put history above money.

— Phil Hellmuth

I have a super-balanced life, and I'm a super balanced guy.

— Phil Hellmuth

Some people know me as the bad boy of professional poker and call me The Poker Brat. Sometimes I deserve that nickname,…

— Phil Hellmuth

Models are interested in me, mostly because of my 'bad boy of poker' image.

— Phil Hellmuth

There's more luck in poker. Getting good at golf requires a certain amount of physical aptitude. Both take a lot of patience.…

— Phil Hellmuth

All I want are titles and nothing less.

— Phil Hellmuth

Every poker player has ups and downs because luck is also involved. When a great poker player smashes, he's making the right…

— Phil Hellmuth

The flop bet is a useful tactic for both old-school and new-school players because it can be effective if you are strong,…

— Phil Hellmuth

If you are too into the fans and adoration and the world thinking you are the greatest, then you do not perform…

— Phil Hellmuth

Through all the craziness, what I know is that I'm a good husband and a good father and I do a great…

— Phil Hellmuth

Before you decide to play with live straddles in your home game, remember that this twist essentially doubles the size of the…

— Phil Hellmuth

Prestigious events like the Main Event at the WSOP are marathon races. Fatigue is sure to set in.

— Phil Hellmuth

No matter how much you may want to think of Holdém as a card game played by people, in many respects it…

— Phil Hellmuth

The benefit of fast play is that you'll get players to commit their chips with relatively weak hands since it will be…

— Phil Hellmuth

For five or six years, I didn't play in some of the good games leading up to the World Series of Poker,…

— Phil Hellmuth

When strangers walk up to me and want to play golf for money, I worry. I wonder why they're coming to me,…

— Phil Hellmuth

Here I am getting $50,000 for personal appearances. Everyone wants a piece of me. But my kids think no one could possibly…

— Phil Hellmuth