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Magnus Carlsen Quotes & Sayings

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I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant. — Magnus Carlsen

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. — Magnus Carlsen

I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important. — Magnus Carlsen

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [ ... ] Today's game was provided by Garry. — Magnus Carlsen

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common. — Magnus Carlsen

The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't. — William Faulkner

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. — Magnus Carlsen

I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style. — Magnus Carlsen

I've been labeled all my life. — Corey Feldman

Sushi is one of my favorite foods. — Dylan Penn

A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them. — Joel Silver

Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. — Samuel Johnson

You could do a lot worse. — Suzanne Collins

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is. — Magnus Carlsen

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly. — Magnus Carlsen

For Hanalea the Warrior! — Cinda Williams Chima

Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert. — Magnus Carlsen

It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people. — Magnus Carlsen

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics. — Magnus Carlsen

My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway. — Magnus Carlsen

I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy. — Magnus Carlsen

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person. — Magnus Carlsen

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head. — Magnus Carlsen

I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good. — Magnus Carlsen

and if you're uncertain you'll crease my will in vain and leave behind a crumpled ball — Erin A. Thomas

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal. — Magnus Carlsen

I just don't like the feeling of knowing something that somebody else doesn't. — Scarlett Johansson

I'm not really into rap. — Magnus Carlsen

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him. — Magnus Carlsen

My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'education of the heart'. — Dalai Lama

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless. — Magnus Carlsen

If I, as an Oriental have to worship Jesus of Nazareth, there is only one way, that is, to worship him as God and nothing else. — Swami Vivekananda

If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people. — Magnus Carlsen

I can put tweets on a map to show who is saying what where, which could be used for marketing or social research. — Jack Dangermond

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport. — Magnus Carlsen

I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans. — Magnus Carlsen

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star. — Martin Amis

GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone. — Ambrose Bierce

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else. — Magnus Carlsen

It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money. — Magnus Carlsen

Opposite Lennart and Maud lives Alf. He drives a taxi and always wears a leather jacket under a layer of irascibility. — Fredrik Backman

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything. — Magnus Carlsen

I played like a child. — Magnus Carlsen

I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games. — Magnus Carlsen