A Quote by George Groves

I can play poker when I have to and I think it has made me a better fighter.

George Groves

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Better Fighter Made Me Play Poker Think

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George Groves
British - Athlete
Born: March 26, 1988

David Haye was a better fighter than me, but it's not about the better fighter because the better fighter does not always win.

Tony Bellew

It's one thing to skip class to play poker, but if I'm learning how to think in the real world playing poker, then maybe that's more valuable than a college education could've been.

James Holzhauer

To be a great poker player, you're going to have to learn this fact: Everything that's said at a poker table is worth listening to. It's all information that you can use to make better decisions, whether people are talking about baseball, politics, or, oh yeah, poker.

Daniel Negreanu

I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.

Francine Pascal

Straight after the Prescott fight, people were saying, 'He's finished. He's not going to come back.' There were only racial remarks made. But, you know what, it made me stronger. It made me come back even stronger. It made me a better fighter.

Amir Khan

Playing chess can make you a better poker player because it forces you to think several moves ahead. That kind of intense mental exercise develops a deeper level of thinking than is typically encountered when playing poker.

Daniel Negreanu

Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.

James Altucher

What you see on a lot of televised poker is highlight-reel poker. That's why I used to like 'Poker After Dark' so much. It used to catch us playing almost every single hand... It is more of a grind than people think.

Phil Hellmuth

Here you get to play one on one more, individual basketball. I think that fits me better than in Europe. You have harder, different double teams and everybody helps, but in the NBA they let you play one on one, so I think that will fit me better.

Ivica Zubac

I feel like being a professional wrestling has definitely made me a better MMA fighter.

Jake Hager

He was bested by a better fighter, ...I didn't feel like he was intimidated. If I made a mistake he would have punished me.

Antonio Tarver

Poker is a game where you don't have to have the best hand to win. Poker is really reading other people and reading human emotion, which certainly comes into play in business.

Charlie Ergen

I thought I had the potential to be a better fighter than I'd ever be a football player. Besides, it was something my father always wanted me to do. He told me since I was a little kid I was a born fighter.

Tommy Morrison

A lot of boys in my poker circle are mathematicians who play on probability. I don't have that kind of brain, so I rely on instinct. But I recently found out that poker and cards in general go way back in my family gene pool.

Natalie Dormer

Jail just made me wiser. It made me smarter. It made me wake up to a lot of stuff. And also it made me a better businessman. I had to learn the music business. It just made me a better person as far as the way I live.