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“You always catch the wrong players.”

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Author:Abe Lemons

“Domestic violence is a societal problem, not just the NFL's. A lot of the guys felt misunderstood - just because one guy did something to his partner didn't mean they were all like that. We need to help our guys not just be better players, but better people, and to do that, we need to put more into helping them understand difficult relationship situations or miscommunication, rather than addressing only the punishment. The guys felt comfortable talking to me about stuff. They knew I have a doctorate in psychology, so they'd find me and say, "Can I borrow you for a sec"?”

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Author:Jennifer Welter

“Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion”

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Author:Alfred Binet

“Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player”

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Book:The Game of Chess

Source: The Game of Chess

“Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood.”

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Author:Garry Kasparov

“You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that winning requires a constant and strong psychology not just at the board but in every aspect of your life.”

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Book:How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

Source: How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

“Most strong players are completely self-centered.... They are blind to how other people feel or else simply don't care.”

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Author:Joel Lautier

“As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.”

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Author:Levon Aronian

“Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions (and not necessarily negative ones) we sometimes lose concentration and stop objectively evaluating the events that are taking place on the board.”

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Author:Mark Dvoretsky

“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.”

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Author:Pal Benko

“Psychologically, the choice of an appropriate opening is of the utmost importance for a player's success in a tournament.”

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Author:Savielly Tartakower

“Psychology plays a big part but I always say psychology will only be a differentiator when the players are of equal technical strength.”

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Author:Viswanathan Anand

“Look at the catastrophic record Vishy Anand has against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov managed to beat him almost everywhere they played, even though Vishy Anand has belonged to the absolute top players in the world for fifteen years. This difference cannot be explained purely in chess terms, there must have been some psychology.”

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Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“He has the players too happy.”

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Author:Red Auerbach