Alex Trebek Quotes

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

- Alex Trebek

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!

- Alex Trebek

I did everything - I did newscasts, I did sports, I did dramas.

- Alex Trebek

My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.

- Alex Trebek

My heart seems to heal, so that speaks well for my future.

- Alex Trebek

When you're in your 30s and actively pursuing a career and a home life, a wife and children, you're busy doing as opposed to busy thinking. As you get older, even as you don't have as much time, I think you tend to think more and reflect more on what is happening in your own life.

- Alex Trebek

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.

- Alex Trebek

I would have loved to have a role in the HBO series 'Deadwood.' It was Shakespeare in the Old West.

- Alex Trebek

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

I think what makes 'Jeopardy!' special is that, among all the quiz and game shows out there, ours tends to encourage learning.

- Alex Trebek

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

- Alex Trebek

Originally, I think, I wanted to be an actor. But I got into broadcasting by accident, if you will, because I needed money to pay for my college education. I applied for a summer announcing job at a couple of radio stations.

- Alex Trebek

You should never wear a baseball cap when working in close quarters in the attic: You never see that beam above you!

- Alex Trebek

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.

- Alex Trebek

We are all experts in our own little niches.

- Alex Trebek

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.

- Alex Trebek

Learning something new is fun.

- Alex Trebek

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

Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.

- Alex Trebek

'Music Hop' in 1963 was my first hosting job of a variety program.

- Alex Trebek

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

- Alex Trebek

I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me.

- Alex Trebek

Take your job seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously.

- Alex Trebek

I have an Apple computer, which I use to play Spider Solitaire and do research on the Internet.

- Alex Trebek

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

- Alex Trebek

Maybe I'll take a little better care of myself, but I wouldn't count on it.

- Alex Trebek

I go through these cycles where I read a lot and then watch TV a lot.

- Alex Trebek

People say, 'You look to be in great shape for your age,' and I guess I am.

- Alex Trebek

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

- Alex Trebek