Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.
- Alex Trebek Quote

Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.
- Alex Trebek Quote

I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.
- Alex Trebek Quote

"I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!"[
- Alex Trebek Quote (Yuddy)

I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me.
- Alex Trebek Quote

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.
- Alex Trebek Quote

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.
- Alex Trebek Quote

Merv Griffin, who developed Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, had a great line once. I used to personally answer all the mail that came in to Jeopardy! whether it was favorable or unfavorable, and Merv said, "You know how I handle the nasty mail?" I said no. He just grabbed it and folded it up and crunched it up and threw it in the wastebasket. He said, "I don't bother with it."
- Alex Trebek Quote (Esquire, March 2003)

My dad drank pretty heavily, and he never missed a day of work in his life. So I never looked at drinking as a serious problem, but drugs to me are a serious problem. I think it's a generational thing. I think older people don't feel as uncomfortable around drinkers as they do around dopers.
- Alex Trebek Quote (Esquire, March 2003)

My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.
- Alex Trebek Quote

People ask me, "How would you do as a contestant on the show?" And I tell them I would do fairly well among senior citizens, but against a good thirty-year-old I would have trouble because I cannot recall information as quickly as I used to. You used to say something and I would go, boom, right away, very sharp. Now it's like, Oh, yes, but wait a minute, uh, uh...
- Alex Trebek Quote (Esquire, March 2003)

Sex? Unfortunately, as you get older - and I shouldn't admit this - there are other things that become more important in your daily life.
- Alex Trebek Quote

We are all experts in our own little niches.
- Alex Trebek Quote