Alex Trebek Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.”

“When I finish as the host of 'Jeopardy!' I'm going to go up to Taft in central California. They have a small college there that teaches you about oil drilling.”

“My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.”

“My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past.”

“I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.”

“I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.”

“I don't spend any time whatsoever thinking about what might have been.”

“Learning something new is fun.”

“The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!”

“My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn't bother me in the least. I will die without having come up with the answers to many things in life.”