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.
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Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov -
I came from the bottom. Now I'm the main event and UFC champion.
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No one expected me to become a champion.
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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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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.
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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.
Garry Kasparov -
Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
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I don't want to just be a champion, and I'm done with that. I wanna be a lightweight legend.
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My greatest inspiration is my mother, the bravest person I ever knew. She overcame incredible odds, worked while raising two kids, and made it all look incredibly simple. Even in her final days succumbing to cancer, she fought like a champion.
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For your friends and family, you are always a champion, but for the media and sponsors, not until you show a spark. Making a champ is more important than celebrating one. I want to be there for youngsters and help them do their best.
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In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.
Garry Kasparov -
Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.
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The goal of higher education should be to champion the airing of all honest viewpoints. Nothing less is acceptable.
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Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.
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I go where the revolution is, and the revolution is Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a champion of the Constitution. He's about getting rid of the Federal Reserve and shrinking federal government.
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All my life, I wanted to be champion.
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I really loved working with Michael Caine. He's a really skilled and experienced actor. I learn something from everybody, but when you work with somebody like that, you actually learn things you can put in your toolbox, things about craft. Not necessarily life lessons, but actual things he knows that you can pick up.
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The love of heaven makes one heavenly.
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When I quit 'Iss Pyaar Ko Kyaa Naam Doon 1,' I left the show because I wanted to travel with my wife and spend time with her.
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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.
