I will start here with a quote from a good movie called The Score (2001) starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Marlon Brando.
Robert De Niro’s character Nick, as an old and experienced thief, says to Edward Norton’s character the following:
Nick: “I’m gonna say something to you. You’re smart, you’re talented and you know a few things but talent means nothing if you don’t make the right choices.
There’s plenty of talented people out there who never see the light of day anymore.
Last thing, it takes discipline because this whole game is one big long shot and if you don’t have the discipline to stay away from the fliers or from the gambles or whatever else you wanna call a stupid move then, my friend, I’m afraid to say, one day you will go down.
It’s inevitable.”
It’s unbelievable how much truth there is in the above quote. Football betting, isn’t just about placing the correct sports bets, with the correct amount of money, neither it’s your God given talent to be able to predict most of your matches correct. It’s about setting up a long term goal, and having the discipline to follow it.
It seems that people always strive for that one big shot, for that one big hit, when they can go from 0 to everything. And yes we do hear occasionally about such people that go from being broke one night, to multi-millionaires over a night. But do you know what we don’t hear about? The thousands of people, that have tried the same thing, and took that one big shot, and failed.
Yup, history knows and remembers only the once that succeeded. So speaking in terms of football betting, what should you do, in order to set up a long term goal.
Make up an amount of money you want to make per year, an amount of money you want to have after 5 years, an amount of money you want to have in 10 years.
It should be a realistic number according to your believes, something you are sure you can achieve. After that, calculate how much you would need to be making per month based on your profit expectations for a year. Now calculate, how much you need to be making per week again in order to meet your yearly expectations.
Now that you have come up with a number, if it seems too high as of now, try expanding the amount of years, or lower your expectations.Remember what I have talked in several articles about risking only 1%-3% of your money. What you need to ask yourself here is, do you have the motivation and discipline to follow this path day after day, month after month, year after year? Can you stay away from those golden big shot opportunities?
These are some serious questions that you have to think about, and answer, before starting your football betting career.
So my friend, if you have set already your long term goal, and you have answered with an yes to both of the above questions, I have no doubt in you that you will be profitable and successful.
Football betting, is hardly about talent, it’s about discipline, patience and persistence. Master those three values, and you have mastered your life.
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