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Top 30 Alex Trebek Quotes (2025 Update)

Alex Trebek Quote: “We are all experts in our own little niches.”

1. “We are all experts in our own little niches.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Don’t tell me what you believe in. I’ll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.”

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

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Alex Trebek Quote: “If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you.”

3. “If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Please phrase your answer in the form of a question.”

4. “Please phrase your answer in the form of a question.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “I’m curious about everything – even things that don’t interest me.”

5. “I’m curious about everything – even things that don’t interest me.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Don’t minimize the importance of luck in determining life’s course.”

6. “Don’t minimize the importance of luck in determining life’s course.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “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.”

7. “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.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “It’s very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.”

8. “It’s very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “I tried to do my best impression of The Jonas Brothers, but no matter how hard I tried I ended up looking cool!”

9. “I tried to do my best impression of The Jonas Brothers, but no matter how hard I tried I ended up looking cool!”

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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.”

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

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Alex Trebek Quote: “What goes 0-300 in less than 2 seconds? Your mother on a scale.”

11. “What goes 0-300 in less than 2 seconds? Your mother on a scale.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.”

12. “Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

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

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

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Alex Trebek Quote: “My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.”

17. “My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!”

18. “I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “I have an Apple computer, which I use to play Spider Solitaire and do research on the Internet.”

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

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Alex Trebek Quote: “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!”

20. “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!”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Saying that I’ve THOUGHT about it doesn’t mean that I’m DOING it.”

21. “Saying that I’ve THOUGHT about it doesn’t mean that I’m DOING it.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “A good education and a kind heart will serve you well throughout your entire life.”

22. “A good education and a kind heart will serve you well throughout your entire life.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Nineteen of the hottest years on earth have occurred since 2001. These are facts, not fiction. For people to deny global warming is beyond me. The planet is in trouble. It didn’t happen overnight. It’s taken 150 years to get to where we are today. So, we’re not going to remedy this problem in a year or two. But we have to do something about it.”

23. “Nineteen of the hottest years on earth have occurred since 2001. These are facts, not fiction. For people to deny global warming is beyond me. The planet is in trouble. It didn’t happen overnight. It’s taken 150 years to get to where we are today. So, we’re not going to remedy this problem in a year or two. But we have to do something about it.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “I did everything – I did newscasts, I did sports, I did dramas.”

24. “I did everything – I did newscasts, I did sports, I did dramas.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “I don’t like to use the words batting or fighting when talking about cancer. It suggests that there are only two outcomes: winning and losing. If you don’t get well, then you are a “loser.” If you have decided to stop treatment, you are “giving up.” That’s nonsense... It is not a fair fight. Not even close. It is simple biology. You get treatment and you get better. Or you don’t. And neither outcome is an indication of your strength as a person.”

25. “I don’t like to use the words batting or fighting when talking about cancer. It suggests that there are only two outcomes: winning and losing. If you don’t get well, then you are a “loser.” If you have decided to stop treatment, you are “giving up.” That’s nonsense... It is not a fair fight. Not even close. It is simple biology. You get treatment and you get better. Or you don’t. And neither outcome is an indication of your strength as a person.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Yet I still believe in the will to live. I believe in positivity. I believe in optimism. I believe in hope, and I certainly believe in the power of prayer.”

26. “Yet I still believe in the will to live. I believe in positivity. I believe in optimism. I believe in hope, and I certainly believe in the power of prayer.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Don’t worry about it. Just look ahead to the next question. You didn’t get here by accident. You passed the test. You deserve to be here. These categories maybe don’t line up with your areas of expertise. But you’re bright. Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.”

27. “Don’t worry about it. Just look ahead to the next question. You didn’t get here by accident. You passed the test. You deserve to be here. These categories maybe don’t line up with your areas of expertise. But you’re bright. Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going.”

— Alex Trebek

Alex Trebek Quote: “But don’t get me wrong... driving a truck doesn’t make me a redneck. I don’t have a gun rack in it. I have a wine rack.”

28. “But don’t get me wrong... driving a truck doesn’t make me a redneck. I don’t have a gun rack in it. I have a wine rack.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “Even if you are learning facts that you are not going to be able to use in your daily life, it enriches you – the fact itself just enriches you as a human being and broadens your outlook on life and makes you a more understanding and better person.”

29. “Even if you are learning facts that you are not going to be able to use in your daily life, it enriches you – the fact itself just enriches you as a human being and broadens your outlook on life and makes you a more understanding and better person.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “There is nothing worse than deluding yourself and trying to make yourself out to be somebody you’re not – somebody you’re not comfortable being.”

30. “There is nothing worse than deluding yourself and trying to make yourself out to be somebody you’re not – somebody you’re not comfortable being.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “I think more people should include silliness as part of their daily routines.”

31. “I think more people should include silliness as part of their daily routines.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “There’s nothing wrong with a man shedding a tear.”

32. “There’s nothing wrong with a man shedding a tear.”

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Alex Trebek Quote: “What the world needs now is a conscience.”

33. “What the world needs now is a conscience.”

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