I never defeated a healthy opponent.

Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.

I talk to myself because I like dealing with a better class of people.

No one ever won a game by resigning.

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself.

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing

The mistakes are there, waiting to be made

Take accountability... Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown.

A decision clouded with doubt is never a good decision

Opinion is often compromised in the face of fear.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

We're persecuted in the most civilized languages.

I need to be more under control. I need to calm down a little bit so I can cut down on the little silly errors I get.

Be yourself. Embrace your quirks.

I'm a slave to this leaf in a diary that lists what I must do, what I must say, every half hour.

I am able to stay humble because I recognize that God has truly blessed me; I can't say that enough. I also understand without Him, all of this wouldn't be possible.

You have to be open to everything.