"It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment."

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Source : "Interview with a dedicated Chess Parent in South Africa, Pearl Kander-Moodley". "Africa Chess Net" Interview, africachess.net. April 12, 2015.

Jimmy Smits

#Motivational Sports Quotes #Games Quotes #Boxing Quotes

“Our spirit of life is not identical with that of our ancestors, and therefore their music, even if restored with utter technical perfections, can never have to us precisely the same meaning it had for them. We cannot tear down the barricade that separates the present world from things and deeds past.”
“Nature always levies her tribute.”

Source : Gene Stratton-Porter (2016). “Gene Stratton-Porter Collection: A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, A Daughter of the Land, At the Foot of the Rainbow, Her Fatther's Daughter, Michale O'Halloran”, p.325, Xist Publishing
“You can only possess beauty through understanding it.”
“There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. â€”MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE”
“A whole bunch of people told me that if I went to WWE, I'd never make it. But it's like I never heard them. I never listened. To me, I'm exactly where I belong. I feel like I was born to do this. Whatever your walk in life is, you pick what you want to be, then go ahead and be the best one.”
“Real art must always involve some witchcraft.”

Source : "Letters from Africa: 1914-1931". Book edited by Frans Lasson translated by Anne Born, 1981.
“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”
“All stories are lies, but good stories are lies made of light and fire. They lift our hearts out of the dust and out of the grave.”

Source : "Lucifer Book Five".

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