Conrad Hunter Quotes in North Dallas Forty (1979)

Conrad Hunter: People who confuse brains and luck can get in a whole lot of trouble. Seeing through the game is not the same as winning the game.

Conrad Hunter: There's one thing I learned early on in life. The most important thing a man can have.

Phil Elliott: What's that, money?

Conrad Hunter: Luck. Luck tells me something about a man. If my people are lucky, they tap into a big field. If not, they can have every geology degree in the world and drill one dry duster after another. Look at me. I'm the luckiet man in the world. Sure as hell ain't brains, is it?