A Quote by Theo Epstein

You've just got to kind of play the hand you're dealt.

Theo Epstein

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Dealt Got Hand Just Kind Play

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Theo Epstein
American - Businessman
Born: December 29, 1973

What you've got to do is recognize that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play the cards you're dealt, the hand of cards you're dealt, as best you can, and that's what I always seek to do.

Malcolm Turnbull

I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.

Maeve Binchy

You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it.

James Brady

You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

Randy Pausch

Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.

Jeannette Walls

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

Randy Pausch

Society is like this card game here, cousin. We got dealt our hand before we were even born, and as we grow we have to play as best as we can.

Louise Erdrich

None of us have any control over the deck or the hand we've been dealt. What we do have is total responibility as to how we play the hand.

Steve Alten

I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.

Randy Pausch

Play the hand you're dealt.

Jawaharlal Nehru

It’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not to quit, play the hand we’ve been dealt, and accessorize what we’ve got.