Daniel Negreanu

Is self-awareness and in that regard, a level of humility that always allows me to say, okay, well, you know what?

In this case with these players, they're better than me.

So what am I going to learn from them?

Right.

Rather than have this need to say, I am the best because of history.

I'm always looking to guys and go, wow, he does this really well, whether it's the Adamo's or the Ivy's or whoever it may be.

So my willingness to adapt, I think, and stay relevant by learning what the young guys are learning is something I've always done.

And I also pride myself on, again, being well-rounded, like playing all the games.

Like I don't feel intimidated in any game, you know, whatever the format is.

A healthy respect for the younger generation, how they learn, what they learn, and what they can teach me.

Rather than poo-poo it and say, oh, these kids today, because that's a lot of people like the Mike Matisos and the Phil Hellmuth, my generation, they just poo-poo it because they don't understand it.

On a level of one to 10, their level of understanding of this is like a one, maybe, if I'm being generous by calling it a one.

They really don't understand it, so they poo-poo it.

Right.

It's easy to do that.

Oh, that's not how I do it.

So that's wrong or that's stupid or whatever.

I don't take that approach.

I go, well, let me learn.

Let me see what what what what there is to this.