Hikaru Nakamura Quotes

I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.

My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect.

When you watch chess, you don't see the four hours that the player spends preparing for a match ahead of time.

To me, mixed doubles is an undervalued tennis product. You have guys and girls playing on the same level, no handicaps. The guys aren't feeling bad for the girls. The girls pick on the guys. It's generally amazing tennis.

The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.

When you first start playing, that's your aim obviously, to win the world title.

In MLS, there's always something strange happening. But it's the same for everyone.

The most important thing is they have to know why we do things and when. A lot of players are playing intuitively, and I want them to think and know why they do something.

Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it. I lost a lot of games when I first started.

From the level, both leagues are equal. You'll win no game easily. It's always a lot of work. This is true in La Liga as well as in the Bundesliga. You must always give all you have.

I have always been very interested in thinking deeply about things. I do this a lot.

It was great to be in the gym with Kobe. He's so particular about the game and... why and how things work. That's one thing I kind of love about him. If you ask him something, he's going to tell you A, B, C, and D, and how that affects each play.

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

God created us equal. Money and talent might be seen as setting us apart. But underneath, we're all the same.

For the moment, I am more focused on classical chess rather than rapid and blitz, as I am hoping to make my move in the classical World championship cycle.

It's easy to reach a certain level with chess, but it's very hard to reach the next level.

On a good day everybody can beat everybody.

What I will miss the most about Guardiola? His obsession with the game and his knowledge, which makes you a better football player.

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 don't want advantages for my team. I want the same rest as our opponents. It's very difficult to do this? I don't think so.

I think I'm a smart guy who knows the game.

The point system certainly governs a Grandmaster's decisions, but it can be outweighed in any given position by more important factors.

If you go deep into a problem, you'll find most all of the time that there are yet more problems to be solved from the ground up.

The cap is a discussion about competitiveness, not about money. It's about trying to bring the top teams down to a level where the midfield teams feel they can compete. The reality is that whatever the level of spend there will always be teams that run at the front and teams that run at the back.

Every team should have the chance to go on the podium, that would make it interesting. I believe that.