For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

Confidence is very important - even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the mistake.

If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.

Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.

You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent.

In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.

I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board.

For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.

A win is a win, which is about that particular moment.

There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.

If you have a deep desire to move forward, a way is being prepared for you.

One must conform to the baseness of an age or become neurotic.

Saying of the Prophet.Ink and Blood:The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

If you have something that people connect with, you want to keep telling that story and progressing forward.

An ill deed cannot bring honor.

I remember the people I knew in prison; I was very fortunate to know them - they came from 1910, 1920, 1930.

Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial.

I have always had a strong interest in history and finding out about the past can be remarkably helpful with working out the future, too.

It is possible to be aware of God at all times.

While a few poor countries are catching up with the rich world, the differences between the richest and poorest individuals around the globe are huge and likely growing.