"Sometimes players need to gain time on the clock by repeating the position, but most often its purpose is to wear down the opponent psychologically."

-- Pal Benko

#Player Quotes #Psychology Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I think any parent that makes their kid sit at a piano against their will and practice, they're going to have a kid that's not going to want to play the piano.”
“When all of your decisions are based on economics, you end up with a sameness of vision. You're not taking the risks, you're not exploiting the passions of your creators. You're manufacturing product for a huge vending machine.”
“He wanted to wake up to her smile every day for the rest of his life, like some stupid coffee commercial on TV.”
“Be contemporary. Have impact. Strive for it. Be of the world. Move it. Be bold, donâ€™t hold back. Then the moment you think youâ€™ve been bold, be bolder. We are all alive today, ever so briefly here now, not then, not ago, not in some dreamworld of a hypothetical future. Whatever you do, you must make it contemporary. Make it matter now. You must give us a new path to tread, even if it carries the footfalls of old soles. You must not be immune to the weird urgency of today.”
“Americans in particular are oddly innocent in their faith that science holds explanations for everything.”
“The weird thing about acting is you're the most competent when you're at your best, but you have to be validated. It's a weird kind of vicious circle.”
“He knew he wasn't going anywhere that didn't take him to her.”

Source : Cindy Gerard (2009). “Show No Mercy and Take No Prisoners”, p.470, Simon and Schuster
“I always played hockey, I was always a hockey fan, but I was never bitten by the hockey bug... I never looked into playing it professionally.”

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