Being cool Quote by Maurice Ashley

I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have…

— Maurice Ashley

I think most people are fascinated by chess for that reason. It's just these mystical shapes. It's almost like Harry Potteresque, like wizard's chess…

— Maurice Ashley

You playing chess well is just a reflection of your inner thought process and your ability to maintain discipline throughout. If we can teach…

— Maurice Ashley

Just because you lose doesn't mean you're a loser, and champions don't quit.

— Maurice Ashley

There's so many lessons I get from chess, it's incredible, but I think the biggest thing for me has always been is that losing…

— Maurice Ashley

He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to a meeting of the…

— Maurice Ashley

Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I…

— Maurice Ashley

I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly…

— Maurice Ashley

If the kids get a good grasp of what the main lessons are for chess after two or three years of staying with the…

— Maurice Ashley

I have to say that I got off very easy. There were incidents.

— Maurice Ashley

My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend of mine…

— Maurice Ashley

Today, you talk to kids about books and they almost want to run away because they've got computers, iPads and all that, while we…

— Maurice Ashley