You can make all the excuses you want, but if you're not mentally tough and you're not prepared to play every night, you're not going to win.

Everybody, they say Roberto just swings the bat and hits the ball. I work hard. No one works harder than I do. People think things come easy to me. They don't.

The main ingredient of stardom, is the rest of the team.

Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much happiness as a good book or work of music can. However, it is necessary to learn to play well and only afterwards will one experience real delight.

My life is much more than boxing — I've been knocked out more outside the ring than in the ring.

You don't win championships by just being normal, by just being average.