Emanuel Lasker Quotes

... in itself the title of world champion does not give any significicant advantages, if it is not acknowledged by the entire chess world, and a champion who does not have the chess world behind him is, in my view, a laughing-stock.

Emanuel Lasker

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• No one expected me to become a champion.

  

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• I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.

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• I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them.

  

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• I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.

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• I'm gonna live my life the correct way, and I'm gonna be a champion the kids look up to and hopefully aspire to be like.

  

  Daniel Cormier
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• Who would have ever thought that, within a couple months of getting into the WWE, that I'd be wrestling in the main event for the world championship? Then, nine months after getting here, actually being the world champion.

  

  A.J. Styles
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• It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.

  

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• I live in Ireland near the sea, only one mile from where I grew up - that's good, since I've known many of my neighbours for between 50-60 years. Gordon and I play chess every day, and we are both equally bad. We play chatty, over-talkative bad bridge with friends every week.

  

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• Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.

  

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• I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.

  

  Jackie Stewart
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  • Popular
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• For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a champion, so I'm working on it.

  

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• Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

  

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• I was a world champion on the trampoline at an international level, and gymnastics competitor.

  

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• I will never be an insider. I want to be the champion of people who don't have insiders and lobbyists supporting them.

  

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• It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.

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• Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.

  

  Daley Thompson
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• Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion.

  

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• There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.

  

  Ahmet Ertegun
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• I'm kind of spoiled, but the great thing about life is that you never know what's around the corner.

  

  Stockard Channing
  • Life
  • Know
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• When people come to a race, part of it is the anticipation: 'What is he going to do?'

  

  Usain Bolt
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  • Race
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• The baby rises to its feet, takes a step, is overcome with triumph and joy - and falls flat on its face. It is a pattern for all that is to come! But learn from the bewildered baby. Lurch to your feet again. You'll make the sofa in the end.

  

  Pam Brown
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• ... in itself the title of world champion does not give any significicant advantages, if it is not acknowledged by the entire chess world, and a champion who does not have the chess world behind him is, in my view, a laughing-stock.

  

  Emanuel Lasker
  • Champion
  • Chess
  • Advantages