Players Quotes

2040 Players quotes by 1218 unique authors

The future belongs to neither the conduit or content players, but those who control the filtering, searching and sense-making tools we will rely on to… — Paul Saffo
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within… — Alexander Kotov
In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam sent me a card for my wedding with this dedication, 'Anand congrats on your wedding.… — Viswanathan Anand
Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which I thought was… — Mikhail Tal
The process of rating players can be compared to the measurement of the position of a cork bobbing up and down on the surface of… — Arpad Elo
Once in a Moscow chess club I saw how two first-category players knocked pieces off the board as they were exchanged, so that the pieces… — Alexander Kotov
At that time two opposing concepts of the Game called forth commentary and discussion. The foremost players distinguished two principal types of Game, the formal… — Hermann Hesse
I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly didn't… — Maurice Ashley
The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. — Boris Spassky
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot:… — Seneca the Younger
19.Rxc7N. There comes the novetly! [sic] Actually, the impression I had is that both players had more or less analyzed the rest of the game. — Unknown Author
Titled players appeared to be trotting out game after game in which the same old hoary opening sequences, memorized out to fifteen, twenty, or even… — Steve Lopez
Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of… — Alexander Alekhine
The trouble with women in an orchestra is that if they're attractive it will upset my players and if they're not it will upset me. — Thomas Beecham
Reminiscing No one knows ... until you live it, to be there, to tee it up each week, to get yourself ready, the players and… — LaVell Edwards
They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect… — Ted Lindsay
I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble. — Adam Arkin
Anyone who wishes to learn how to play chess well must make himself or herself thoroughly conversant with the play in positions where the players… — Alexander Kotov
The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you… — Esa-Pekka Salonen
Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills most easily identified… — James Gleick
I'm a veteran, and I've earned the right to be heard. I'll lead by example and show that gay players are no different from straight… — Jason Collins
The coachs job is to get the best players and get them to play together. — Bernard Ebbers
Houllier couldn’t deal with players expressing any anger or questioning any of his decisions — Robbie Fowler
No one had to tell me I was never going to be a home run hitter. I was hitting the same ball as the rest… — Nellie Fox
Wheaties was the big sponsor in those days (1940s). They sponsored almost all the baseball games in the majors and the minors. That was a… — Ernie Harwell

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