The night got deathly quiet, and his faced lost all expression... He said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, you gotta learn to play it right.
You've got to know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em, know when to walk away, know when to run; you never count your money when you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done. Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep 'cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
In his final words I found an ace that I could keep:
You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, know when to run; you never count your money when you're sitting at the table, there'll be time enough for counting when the dealing's done.
