“Today, lawyers are attacking more; they're attacking everything. A good example is the O.J. Simpson case.” TodayCasesExampleLawyerAttackingGood Examples Author:Joseph Wambaugh
“What I didn't know was that if I didn't stand with my back to the wall, Hollywood people would unscrew my ass and sell it down the river.” PeopleIfsKnowsWallRiversHollywoodSellsAss Author:Joseph Wambaugh
“When I interview people accused of capital offenses, I never even ask if they did it. I would consider that unprofessional.” PeopleIfsAsksInterviewsOffenseAccused Author:Joseph Wambaugh
“Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of these external and internal issues with my chess life. Tai chi is the martial embodiment of Taoist philosophy. Initially, I had no intention of competing in the martial arts; it was just the meditation.” ArtPhilosophyHelpingDealsIssuesMeditationBalanceIntentionChessInternalsMartial ArtsCompetingTaoEmbodimentTao Te ChingTai Chi Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“Very gifted people, they win and they win, and they are told that they win because they are a winner. That seems like a positive thing to tell children, but ultimately, what that means is when they lose, it must make them a loser.” PeopleMeanChildrenSeemsWinningLosesWinnerLoserGiftedPositive ThingsGifted Children Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.” UsedTermProdigies Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“In America, people focus on the end result; they focus on the star.” PeopleEndsAmericaStarsResultsFocusEnd Results Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“At the very core of my relationship to learning is the idea that we should be as organic as possible. We need to cultivate a deeply refined introspective sense, and build our relationship to learning around our nuance of character.” NeedsShouldIdeasCharacterCoreOur RelationshipRefinedIntrospectiveNuance Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.” IfsArtTwoMatterEyeTruth IsGainsConnectedChessPursuitTwo ThingsMartial ArtsLinksParallelsThematic Author:Joshua Waitzkin
“My coach and my parents both had this relationship to what I was doing, which was allowing me to express myself with chess. And so I could love it. I had a passion for it. I was expressing myself through chess, and I was learning about myself through chess.” PassionParentCoachesChessAllowing Author:Joshua Waitzkin