Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

When in a negatively charged state, be careful about the decisions you make.

Time is an obstinate healer. It heals you against your will. And the younger you are, the faster you are cured, only to come out more immune.

Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.

I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is.

(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that.

Every limbo boy and girl, all around the limbo world. Gonna do the limbo rock, all around the limbo clock.

The sensual experiences in life are not to be avoided. This is the philosophy of Tantric Buddhism - nor are they particularly to be sought after.

An argument can be made that relationship building is the treatment.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.