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

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.

be-careful for what you wish for it may be seeking you as well...

Tackle issues not people. Am I trying to prove my point or improve the relationship?

As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

We’ve got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch.

Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.

When we think of the past, we forget the fools and remember the sage. We reverse the process for our own time.

I was madly in love with life.

. . . my bones they'll burn or bury. It'll be my death.

I feel like I'm a professional. I've been a professional for a number of years. I'm a businesswoman and a tax lawyer and a professional and so that's how I treat other people.

It's not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.