Quotes About Strategy

If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all.

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

Chess is a thinking person's game. But you don't have to be smart to know what's funny! Lots of check, mate!

Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.

I play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making 'Andromeda.'

I play chess with the computer when I feel dull in my mind and after two games - 'out or win', I feel sharp again.

I think for me the main goal that I have, or at least what I really aspire to, is to raise the level of chess.

A lot of people see a future where you could make a living as a chess player.

It's very encouraging that the game of chess is growing in the U.S. and is becoming more popular.

I grew up with a father who taught me chess at the age of 6 or 7. He'd always beat me. Of course. I was a kid of 6 or 7. After he won, he'd look at me and say, 'It's good to be king.' And then he'd say, 'But you know what's even better? To rule the world.'

You can't win the chess match if you don't have enough pieces.

I grew up with 'Chess' and the music from the show.

The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.

As a chess player I learn to adapt to new situations and always try to make the best move without looking back or asking why and how I ended up in a situation I ended up in.

I like all sorts of games that make you think. Chess is one of the games I play a lot, read a lot of books.

I see myself used in terms of reading mismatches. If it's small, go inside. If it's big, come outside. And if it's in between, then work him, make him think you're going outside, go back inside. Just play chess.

Obviously, in football you can study somebody, but at the same time, once you get out there, I think there's just a natural kind of feel for where you think guys might be or where they're going to go and knowing beforehand what's going to happen. It's just like chess.

The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader - the CEO.

Eventually, I'd like to have some sort of role like a chief executive in a football club.

When you're in 45 markets, you take it on the chin here and there.

If you want to have traction in China, you have to be in China.

We want to make sure that we have the right products for Chinese people.

I'm a hard guy to hit and take down, and once I get you on the ground I'm going to choke you out. Even if you resist a few of the other attempts I'm going to get you one way or the other. I'm like the Boogeyman... I'm gonna get you.

In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?