Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost.

Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.

When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.

I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.

But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up.

Be a true Heart, not a follower.

What if it’s a shy fish? Is that a 'coy koi?' What? Don’t hate me because I’m asking the important questions.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.

People used to behave morally because they thought God was always watching - in some ways God today is the collective, and the collective is watching.

Have you ever wondered what your subconscious mind looks like? Well today, I can show you.

We must learn to talk with each other, and we mutually must understand and accept one another in our extraordinary differences.

I think it's really important to always own up to the things that you're not good at and the feelings that you have which are ugly.

Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can.

All of us have not been to a natural prison, but everybody in here has had a spiritual prison.

A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.