Part II, Chapter 7, MTQ: Material, Time, Quality, p.

We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest.

Everyone, at any age, has talents that aren't fully developed-even those who reach the top of their profession.

The 'Magician of Riga' rose to become champion in 1960 at age twenty-three and became famous for his aggressive, volatile play. None did this better than the eighth world champion, Mikhail Tal.

For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents.

You must also have a sense of when to stop.

Part I, Chapter 3, Strategy And Tactics At Work, p.

This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.

My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped in bronze.

With each success the ability to change is reduced.

You must also become intimately aware of the methods you use to reach your decisions. It's not enough to work hard and to study late into the night. Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind, and are then refined and improved by experience.

Having spent a lifetime analyzing the game of chess and comparing the capacity of computers to the capacity of the human brain, I've often wondered, where does our success come from? The answer is synthesis, the ability to combine creativity and calculation, art and science, into a whole that is much greater than the sum of its parts.

In Russia, the mafia has its own country.

Guardian interview, Stephen Moss Monday March 14, 2005.

My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.

In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.

As quoted in Martin Amis's review of 'Kasparov-Short' by Raymond Keene, Independent on Sunday, November 1995.

The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport.

1.3.3 Interview with Bill Kristol (2016).

1.3.2 Interview with Bill Kristol (2016).

Kasparov chess quotes