In a way players at the top should try to promote the game in their own countries as that is the legacy that makes you feel proud. If you have not done that you have failed as a sportsperson.

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.

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.

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

Nothing will unfold for us unless we move toward whatlooks to us like nothing: faith is a cascade.

Your environment is a social phenomenon that can bolster confidence in you to run your business

You have a certain charm, believe it or not. That, and you feed me.

Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.

Your head is full of kelp.

I think I rescued myself.

And a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.

After years of doing impressions, its time for a change.

The purposeful many need not and will not bow to the willful few.

Meditation is the straight flight of the mind to the Kingdom of Heaven present in the heart of everyone.