Psychology plays a big part but I always say psychology will only be a differentiator when the players are of equal technical strength.

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.

Depression is being colorblind and constantly told how colorful the world is.

I don't miss the Moon, because I have you.

A positive anything however small is something towards your goal. It's better than nothing.

Some days I feel like my worth is being reevaluated every five minutes.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

It is easier to confront a threat as a mass, a group, not individuals who must be evaluated one by one.

I definitely did not play myself. As the writer of the script, I have traits of all the characters. I can relate to all of the characters.

Intelligence, adaptability and talent. And by talent I mean the capacity for hard work. Lots of girls come here with little but good looks. Beauty is a valuable asset, but it is not the whole cheese.

[Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own.

Nothing has a letter effect upon children than praise.