Samuel Reshevsky Quotes

If things were easy to find, they wouldn't be worth finding. — Tom Hanks

I believe people have to follow their dreams - I did. — Larry Ellison

It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame. — Samuel Reshevsky

When Jesus got to the point when most people today are thinking of retirement, he goes - 'time to save the world!' — Leonard Sweet

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. — Samuel Reshevsky

Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization. — Samuel Reshevsky

Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating. — Samuel Reshevsky

My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian — Samuel Reshevsky

The only good Rook is a working Rook! — Samuel Reshevsky

If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes. — Leon Trotsky

Propelled by nothing more than a drab sense of duty not to die if she didn't have to, Fire turned [...] — Kristin Cashore

Where you quietly know within, you have no choice. — John De Ruiter

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics. — Samuel Reshevsky

The Savior taught us to love not only our friends but also those who disagree with us- and even those who repudiate us. — Neil L. Andersen