--- title: "10 Player Quotes By Magnus Carlsen" description: "10 Player quotes by Magnus Carlsen. Plus more from Magnus Carlsen and more Player sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/magnus-carlsen-11607_past_i-ve-never-really-had-a-favorite-player_50895.png" --- > [I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-ve-never-really-had-a-favorite-player-past-or-present/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/magnus-carlsen-11607_past_i-ve-never-really-had-a-favorite-player_50895.png) > [My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/my-former-coach-simen-agdestein-used-to-be-the-best-player-in-norway/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/magnus-carlsen-11607_being-the-best_my-former-coach-simen-agdestein-used-to_1664710.png) > [My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/my-father-a-fine-chess-player-himself-has-been-a-massive-influence/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/magnus-carlsen-11607_chess_my-father-a-fine-chess-player-himself-ha_526846.png) > [It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/it-s-easy-for-me-to-get-along-with-chess-players-even-though-we-are/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/magnus-carlsen-11607_chess_it-s-easy-for-me-to-get-along-with-chess_2041911.png) > [I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-feel-sorry-for-players-who-are-always-lying-awake-at-night-brooding/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/magnus-carlsen-11607_awake_i-feel-sorry-for-players-who-are-always_2441837.jpg) > [Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/once-you-re-a-chess-player-you-spend-a-lot-of-time-thinking-about-the/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/magnus-carlsen-11607_chess_once-you-re-a-chess-player-you-spend-a-l_2721854.png) > [There are certainly loads of players that I admire; I try to learn from all of the great masters both of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/there-are-certainly-loads-of-players-that-i-admire-i-try-to-learn/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/magnus-carlsen-11607_admire_there-are-certainly-loads-of-players-tha_2332849.png) > [There are so many games that I've seen that I've learned from. I never - that's also part of the same -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/there-are-so-many-games-that-i-ve-seen-that-i-ve-learned-from-i-never/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01a/magnus-carlsen-11607_game_there-are-so-many-games-that-i-ve-seen-t_2607155.png) > [I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-particularly-young-chess-player-i-have-been/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/magnus-carlsen-11607_chess_i-don-t-consider-myself-a-particularly-y_1883834.png) > [There wasn't any particular player I modeled my game after. I tried to learn from everyone and create my own style. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/there-wasn-t-any-particular-player-i-modeled-my-game-after-i-tried-to/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/magnus-carlsen-11607_chess_there-wasn-t-any-particular-player-i-mod_2349573.png) ## Other authors on Player ## More by Magnus Carlsen > [I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-am-not-some-sort-of-freak-i-might-be-very-good-at-chess-but-i-m/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [I'm more interested in the games than the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-m-more-interested-in-the-games-than-the-people/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-ve-never-really-had-a-favorite-player-past-or-present/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-spend-hours-playing-chess-because-i-find-it-so-much-fun-the-day-it/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/you-need-to-have-that-edge-you-need-to-have-that-confidence-you-need/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/some-people-think-that-if-their-opponent-plays-a-beautiful-game-it-s/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-think-with-chess-as-with-everything-marketing-is-the-main-issue/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/it-s-just-not-my-nature-to-go-around-idolizing-people/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [I played like a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-played-like-a-child/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-really-enjoy-the-experience-of-playing-humans-the-psychological/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-am-trying-to-beat-the-guy-sitting-across-from-me-and-trying-to/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/if-you-want-to-get-to-the-top-there-s-always-the-risk-that-it-will/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I have pulled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-can-t-count-the-times-i-have-lagged-seemingly-hopelessly-far-behind/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/my-father-a-fine-chess-player-himself-has-been-a-massive-influence/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) > [You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you’re the best and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/you-need-to-have-that-edge-you-need-to-have-that-confidence-you-need-2/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/player/magnus-carlsen/#itemlist", "name": "10 Player Quotes By Magnus Carlsen", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Magnus Carlsen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-ve-never-really-had-a-favorite-player-past-or-present/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/magnus-carlsen-11607_past_i-ve-never-really-had-a-favorite-player_50895.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/magnus-carlsen-11607_past_i-ve-never-really-had-a-favorite-player_50895.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/magnus-carlsen-11607_past_i-ve-never-really-had-a-favorite-player_50895.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.” — Magnus Carlsen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Magnus Carlsen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/my-former-coach-simen-agdestein-used-to-be-the-best-player-in-norway/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/magnus-carlsen-11607_being-the-best_my-former-coach-simen-agdestein-used-to_1664710.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/magnus-carlsen-11607_being-the-best_my-former-coach-simen-agdestein-used-to_1664710.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/magnus-carlsen-11607_being-the-best_my-former-coach-simen-agdestein-used-to_1664710.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.” — Magnus Carlsen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Magnus Carlsen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/my-father-a-fine-chess-player-himself-has-been-a-massive-influence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/magnus-carlsen-11607_chess_my-father-a-fine-chess-player-himself-ha_526846.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/magnus-carlsen-11607_chess_my-father-a-fine-chess-player-himself-ha_526846.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/magnus-carlsen-11607_chess_my-father-a-fine-chess-player-himself-ha_526846.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.” — Magnus Carlsen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's easy for me to get along with chess players. 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