Under no circumstances should you play fast if you have a winning position. Forget the clock, use all your time and make good moves.

According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.

Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player.

Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you need the most practice.

I always urge players to study composed problems and endgames.

There is nothing wrong with trying to exploit the natural human tendency to become impatient when forced to play a boring position.

In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to simulate: war.

I had a slightly inferior endgame that probably should have been drawn, but Kortchnoi kept torturing me with little threats until finally, exhausted and exasperated, I made a losing mistake.

When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

Sometimes players need to gain time on the clock by repeating the position, but most often its purpose is to wear down the opponent psychologically.

There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.

Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it.But no one has a right to coerce othersto act according to his own view of truth.

For a couple of days he was nice and I was on cloud number 9, damn they don’t teach how to come down from there instead leave us to gravity.

Professional writers write to fit

Discord oft in music makes the sweeter lay.

Weapons means killing. Weapons is ah, I'm simply sensitive to the word.

I always lived with guitarists. When they would leave, I would just pick up their acoustic guitars and start doing finger picking and write.

Love and kindness go hand in hand.

All over the world, the idea of creating an melange of international musics, it's a very healthy thing.

Production is something Ive never come to terms with.

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.