Quote of the Week
The world of bridge magic, like stage magic, is often no more than illusion, much simpler to perform than it appears to the watcher. -Zia Mahmood, ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame member
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Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose. -Anonymous
Card sense is the ability to do the right thing at the wrong time or the wrong thing at the right time. It’s something you can’t buy and you can’t find; you’re born with it. -Barry Crane (1927-1985) Most successful matchpoint player of all time
Rx for Opening Leads: Listen to the bidding; Determine your partner’s probable point count; Eliminate unattractive leads; Select the right card. -Dr. George Rosenkranz, leading Mexican player and theorist
Losing your temper only adds points to your blood pressure and never to your score. -Harry Fishbein (1898-1976) ACBL Honorary Member of 1966, Author of the Fishbein Convention
As an antidote to executive stress, bridge easily beats trampoline therapy or a week on your own in the desert. -Jaime Ortiz-Patino, President of the World Bridge Federation (WBF) (1976-86)
Get your zeros early, you’ll have more time to recoup. -Edith McMullin, Easybridge! Creator, in Adventures in Duplicate
Bridge is one of the really great pleasures of life. It’s good fun, a great way to relax. -Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990), Millionaire and Publisher of Forbes magazine
A fellow had made a bad bid and had gone down 1400. “I’m sorry,” he said to his partner, “I had a card misplaced.” “Only one?” asked partner innocently. -Charles Goren, ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame member