You should keep in mind no names, nor numbers, nor isolated incidents, not even results, but only methods. The method is plastic. It is applicable in every situation.

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.

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.

Life just happens so quickly and now I have a greater appreciation for life after everything that's happened in the last five years.

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.