"I had a slightly inferior endgame that probably should have been drawn, but Kortchnoi kept torturing me with little threats until finally, exhausted and exasperated, I made a losing mistake."

-- Pal Benko

#Mistake Quotes #Psychology Quotes #Littles Quotes

“I like to sail. My son Caden and I are avid sailors.”
“You dramatically increase your value to others if you always maintain a calm and pleasant manner.”

Source : Rabbi Daniel Lapin (2009). “Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money”, p.123, John Wiley & Sons
“Now shut the engines off. Come down and flatten out, feel the long float, and at the given moment pull the stick right home. She's down. Now taxi in. Switch off. It's over - but not quite, for the port engine, just as if it knew, as if reluctant at the last to let me go, kicked, kicked, and kicked again, as overheated engines will, then backfired with an angry snorting: Fool! The best is over ...But I did not hear.”
“It's more fun to watch without joining in.”
“It's interesting to watch myself with an audience; I'm trying hard to learn from it.”
“I just always felt I'd be playing football in the NFL - or at least playing for a living.”
“Pawns are really queens in disguise.”
“God, I hope I wear this jersey forever.”

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