Brad Rutter

“If Watson beats me, at least it won't enjoy it. And there is some solace in that.”

“My dad works for Merrill Lynch so I'm in good hands there.”

“You wouldn't think it would make a ton of sense, but I've been on Jeopardy! for over 20 years now, so it's kind of like going home.”

“You know, another thing people don't realize is that there's a ton of luck in 'Jeopardy.'”

“Human players have their strengths and weaknesses and Watson is the same way. He just has different strengths and weaknesses than most people.”

“No sense making plans to get a job or finish school at Johns Hopkins, which I just wasn't getting anything out of. Life was waiting to go back on 'Jeopardy!'”

“I'm not really a trash-talking sort of guy, so it was fun to explore that.”

“Your average sitcom writer is a very intellectual person.”

“I think the reason I've been successful at this point is staying focused on what was in front of me.”

“The buzzer timing is so important and when you get into a rhythm like that - to go back to baseball you'll hear hitters on a hot streak say that the ball looks like a beach ball -and when you have the timing on the buzzer and you're just getting in whenever you want, that seems to sort of snowball.”

“If you bet big on a daily double, you can hurt yourself.”

“I'm biased, but I think 'Jeopardy!' is the best game around, and getting more eyeballs on it is great in my book.”

“Giving autographs is flattering.”

“My attention span was not great.”

“Jeopardy' is an institution, and people know what to expect from it and what the game's about.”

“Show business people aren't vapid.”

“I try to be prudent with everything and fortunately I have enough to support me in a nice middle-class lifestyle, while I try to do other things.”

“There's something about when it gives a shockingly incorrect answer with the same chirpy HAL 9000 voice that feels so hopeful. Watson won't get discouraged, it will just try again.”

“I've never been much of a trash-talker, and it probably goes back to playing driveway basketball when I was 12. It's never worked out for me. I've never flexed that muscle! It's not my style.”

“If you want to be really famous you have to go on TV every day.”