Entertainer

No sense making plans to get a job or finish school at Johns Hopkins, which I just wasn't getting anything out of. Life was waiting to go back on 'Jeopardy!'

I'm biased, but I think 'Jeopardy!' is the best game around, and getting more eyeballs on it is great in my book.

I would entertain endorsement offers if they came along.

Jeopardy' is an institution, and people know what to expect from it and what the game's about.

My dad works for Merrill Lynch so I'm in good hands there.

My attention span was not great.

Human players have their strengths and weaknesses and Watson is the same way. He just has different strengths and weaknesses than most people.

You know, another thing people don't realize is that there's a ton of luck in 'Jeopardy.'

If Watson beats me, at least it won't enjoy it. And there is some solace in that.

I had no direction. But now I can afford to have no direction.

Giving autographs is flattering.

If you bet big on a daily double, you can hurt yourself.

The first time I thought about buying my own clothes was the first time I had money to do so.

I'm always really confident when I play 'Jeopardy.'

I'm not really a trash-talking sort of guy, so it was fun to explore that.

There's something about when it gives a shockingly incorrect answer with the same chirpy HAL 9000 voice that feels so hopeful. Watson won't get discouraged, it will just try again.

You wouldn't think it would make a ton of sense, but I've been on Jeopardy! for over 20 years now, so it's kind of like going home.

I'm not ambitious and I don't need to work for The Man.

I try to be prudent with everything and fortunately I have enough to support me in a nice middle-class lifestyle, while I try to do other things.

The buzzer timing is so important and when you get into a rhythm like that - to go back to baseball you'll hear hitters on a hot streak say that the ball looks like a beach ball -and when you have the timing on the buzzer and you're just getting in whenever you want, that seems to sort of snowball.