Ben Quotes

I guess you play big or you don't play at all. Right?

Winner, winner, chicken dinner! There it is. Thank you. God, I love this town. I love this game. And, Jim, I might even love you.

I think the worst part of it was not being able to tell anyone. But for the first time in my life, the world made itself easy for me. And I liked it.

Nothing cost too much. Nothing was out of reach. I guess you could say the casino host of fate gave Ben Campbell a major upgrade. Dorm rooms turned into high-roller suites. Bicycles became stretch limos. And college bars that were always filled with frat dudes were upgraded to, well, something more interesting.

Ben Campbell : I let down my good friends. But as it turns out, they weren't too bad at simple math either.
Ben Campbell : I scored the prettiest girl in school.
Ben Campbell :I got beaten down by an old-school Vegas thug who was having trouble accepting his retirement. But I worked out a deal with him that got him a nice pension.
Ben Campbell : And I lied to my mother. But I confessed the lie. And, well, she still loved me.
Ben Campbell : So my senior year of college, I joined this team. And I learned this new skill. I went to Vegas 17 times to use it. I made hundreds of thousands of dollars counting cards.
Ben Campbell : And then I had it all stolen from me. Twice. How's that for a life experience, professor? Did I dazzle you? Did I jump off the page?

Ben Campbell : How's she doing?
Philosophical Gambler : Oh, that doesn't matter, man. The way I see it, yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery. It's all what you do in the moment, baby.

In Boston, we had a secret. In Vegas, we had a life. Micky said I was gonna have more fun than I could possibly imagine. And he was right. It was too good to be true. And it felt like it was never going to end.