Don't buy picks - I will admit that there are some cappers worth the $$ if your bets are large enough.
Don't even really pay attention to Free picks either - I will respectfully disagree with that. Hizz_Honor, Ththaman, and CarsonK has made me plenty of cash this season.
Don't live bet - Live bet can be great if you're watching the game and you see how the game is going. Yes, you can get burned badly if you chase, but the other side of it is that you get to profit off of overly inflated lines if you can grasp how the tempo/pace/momentum is going.
Don't chase - No argument here.
Don't bet Teasers - Mostly agree, but once in a blue moon there is a nice 2-team 6 point teaser that is worth looking at. On the flip side, I find that the side I back usually doesn't need the teaser, so why mess with them to begin with?
No parlay's either. - Mostly agree, but I'll admit to one two or three game parlay once in a while (even though in the long run parlays are definitely money losers).
Quality over Quantity. 1 or 2 picks on a Saturday, 1 or 2 picks on a Sunday. Done.- Can't disagree there. The more games someone bets on, the harder it is to find quality in a bet. (Disclaimer: I do admit to liking "action", but that is not an excuse to bet on more games and thinking it is a way to make $$. Then again, my bet sizing is lower than most (I think)). Bottom line: if your life depends on sports betting, logic dictates better to have 1-2 strong bets than 4-5 slightly above average bets.
Have Discipline and Patience - One thing I'm *finally* starting to learn from being on Pregame the past few years is that patience is not just waiting for a really good bet to show up but actually committing your $$ to a bet EARLY in the week so you get the best point spread possible for a Sat/Sun game. The patience in this instance comes in when I realize the week is going by but the $$ I've allocated for betting is already being used for the "big" bets I locked way earlier in the week (e.g. - Stanford < UCLA and FSU < USF). As a result, it sucks not being able to bet on the Thurs/Fri college football games, but I have to be honest with myself and say I didn't feel the potential Thurs/Fri CFB bets were as nearly as good as the Stanford and FSU game earlier in the week.)
The flip side is, what happened had I waited to place Stanford/FSU bets later in the week but toyed around with the Thurs/Fri CFB bets? I would have lost $$ that could've been used for the Stanford/FSU games, and as a result I would not have won as much. In other words, "big" bets for the games I really like - and the rest of the games take a backseat because there's always going to be a CFB/NFL game to bet on (well, for at least the next 3-4 months).
Smart money management. - See example directly above. Also, don't bet the house on any bet. I finally figured this out for the first time (in a LONG time) earlier this year during college hoops year-end. (Whatever I read on Pregame finally is sinking in, and as a result, this NFL/CFB year is the first year I'm solidly in the black after only 3-4 weeks of the football season.) Had I followed my old betting habits, I'd still be reloading every Thursday the past 4 weeks (as this was my habit prior to going into any football weekend). After all, sports betting is like craps - you're gonna hit the 7 sooner or later, so don't get caught winning nothing after a really long roll.