Molly Bloom

Getting the book published and the movie made was not an easy task. But it helped. Because even though it's a difficult life to explain, I lived it.

You can tell a lot about a man's character by watching him win or lose money.

Everyone has their dreams and their rise and their own version of a fall from grace.

I developed an interesting skill set in that I was able to create a network and create experiences and environment - I built this decadent playground for men. It might have been successful, but it wasn't important. It didn't have any true meaning.

I did a little soul searching to explore where I had gone wrong, why I made the decisions I did, how my definitions of success and ambition were off. I love a great new pair of shoes - I love to look at my bank account and see zeroes - but what is it attached to?

You're going up against the billionaire boys' club or trying to find your way into something you have no basis for, and it's bigger than anything you ever imagined - and then actually having that work. Having that risk pan out. It taught me to be very fearless - maybe too fearless in the end.

Even if there are people around to help you, you don't suffer with an audience; you don't triumph with an audience.

After I quit the U.S. Ski Team, there was a fair amount of, you know, grief that follows that, and I just wanted to take a year off. And I had a friend that lived in Los Angeles, said I could crash on his couch. And so I just kind of did the first really spontaneous thing I'd done in my young adult life.

I'm finally my dad's favourite because Kevin Costner is playing him.

In 2009, my tax returns showed over $4 million.

Literally, if you weren't the best in the world in my family, it wasn't impressive.

The motivations I had for being successful were somewhat dysfunctional.

Life is about making choices, seeing those choices through, and living through consequences.

I felt invisible in my family, and I wanted to be significant like my brothers were significant. I wanted my parents to pay attention, so I went out into the world with that driving me, that grasping, that seeking validation.

I believe that refusing to quit and refusing to fail will trump talent and brilliance in the end.

In terms of my own life and the mistakes I made and the struggles I had, I'm grateful for them. It taught me more than success and opportunity ever did.

My father is a psychologist who wouldn't let fear stop us. Particularly with me, he was hell bent on requiring us and teaching us to walk through fear. I don't know if I would've become someone who taps into their ability to push through those tough situations without him.

I believe that to get what you want as a woman is to use your brain, to have a job, and to not need someone or have to make decisions based on that.

When I'm in a hectic crowd of people, I don't feel great. I'm looking over my shoulder. I feel exposed.

Look at the things you've done and ask for forgiveness. After clearing out that wreckage from the past, you can move forward, in a way, to keep your finger on the pulse.