Always Quote by Matt Mitrione

When it comes to something athletic, I can hold my own.

— Matt Mitrione

Even though basketball takes up most of my time, I try to pursue intellectual interests whenever I can.

— Harrison Barnes

I think you can be athletic and intellectual at the same time.

— Joe Manganiello

I can only play the sport for so long, I have mathematics for the rest of my life.

— John Urschel

In chess it is more important to frustrate your opponent's strategy than to be obsessed with your own.

— Larry Evans

In chess there is a world of intellectual values.

— Gerald Abrahams

The sport I'm in allows me to use my creativity.

— Tony Ferguson

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on…

— Alexander Alekhine

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.

— Anonymous

I play a lot of chess, just to a bog-average level. But I find it stimulates your mind with all the combinations of different…

— Kurt Maflin

I love sport, and I play to keep myself fine in the mind, because it helps there.

— Paolo Maldini