Chess Quote by Boris Spassky

I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middlegame.

— Dawid Janowski

The pressure from within used to have an impact on my behaviour. If games had gone badly, I would take things home with me.…

— Jamie Carragher

My strength is that I know the game so well. Whatever shortcomings I had because of lack of experience, I could always overcome those…

— Doris Burke

For myself, mentally I just needed to take a break from the game. I took a longer break than normal. Because when you play…

— Carey Price

When I was younger I was intense and uptight about how well I was playing. I was constantly thinking about situations in games, what…

— Darren Fletcher

Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player. In the endgame, the most common errors, besides those resulting from ignorance of theory,…

— Pal Benko

In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about…

— Kobe Bryant

I knew I could play really well in one game, score the winning goal and then, come the next game, I wouldn't play at…

— Jermain Defoe

I remember the first time winning the Games, I felt like something was wrong. Crossing that finish line, knowing I had won, knowing I…

— Mat Fraser

I was better at both ends, defensively and offensively, It was more of a well-rounded game. I want to add to that.

— Sidney Crosby

When I started playing well all I wanted to do was win. Which was a problem. When it became clear I wasn't going to…

— Tommy Fleetwood