“David Nugent tore up the Championship but he’s gone to Portsmouth and he’s a fish up a tree” Quote by Paul Merson
“Ian Ashby is very underrated and it's right he gets the accolades he gets” UnderratedAccolades Author:Paul Merson
“The best player I ever played against was Paolo Maldini. We [Arsenal] played against Milan in the European Supercup [in 1995]. Maldini marked me and I didn't even get a kick of the ball all game. He was just unbelievable.” GamesPlayerBallsKicksUnbelievableArsenalBest PlayersMilanMaldini Author:Paul Merson
“The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development.” WorldSchoolResultsDevelopmentChessLogicalSovietSocialistSummit Author:Alexander Kotov
“When you have finished analyzing all the variations and gone along all the branches of the tree of analysis you must first of all write the move down on your score sheet, before you play it.” WritingFirstsPlayMovingGoneTreeFinishedAnalysisBranchesScoreSheetsVariationAnalyzing Author:Alexander Kotov
“I cannot think that a player genuinely loving the game can get pleasure just from the number of points scored no matter how impressive the total. I will not speak of myself, but for the masters of the older generation, from whose games we learned, the aesthetic side was the most important. -” ThinkingImportantMatterGamesSpeakSidesPleasureNumbersBeautyPlayerGenerationsMastersChessAestheticImpressiveOlder Generation Author:Alexander Kotov
“All candidate moves should be identified at once and listed in one's head. This job cannot be done piecemeal, by first examining one move and then look at another.” ShouldFirstsLooksDoneJobsMovingCandidatesExaminingOne Piece Author:Alexander Kotov
“With eight minutes left, the game could be won in the next five or ten minutes.” NextGamesLeftFiveMinutesTenEight Author:Jimmy Armfield
“Every evening, I come home tired and have just enough energy to fill out the endless tax forms, to pay bills, not to let my house neglected and to hear the radio concert for an hour.” EnoughHomeFormHouseEnergyHoursPayTaxesBillsTiredRadioEndlessEveningComing HomeConcertsNeglected Author:Fritz Zwicky
“I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.” FirstsWould BeTimeUniverseBrainExerciseWasteEmptyPopulationConvincedWasting Time Author:Fritz Zwicky
“Astronomers are spherical bastards. No matter how you look at them they are just bastards.” LooksMatterAstronomers Author:Fritz Zwicky