Ted Danson Quotes

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.

Is my ability what it was at, say, 25 or 30 years old? Probably not, but I like to compete. I like to go out and play the game hard.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple of guys in their forties it is very difficult.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

I've always prided myself on being a football player.

I do a lot of things well, I'm very athletic, I play against guys who are also very athletic.

I believe I can outrun most everyone.

When you step out on the court, I don't think anybody thinks about age. Because if you're out on this tour it means you deserve to be here. You've got the skill. It must mean you know how to play.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose!

Old man, 40 years old against young hungry man from Great Britain!

I feel like I can compete against any physical player.

I have a lot of competitive juices, and I want to go out and compete on the football field every day.

I was a football player and competitor in life.

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess.

Never seen my friends do more push-ups, trying to challenge Cruises' manhood. It was like, I can be strong, too!

If Pete’s (Sampras) child is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him.

You might be [outshining me in many ways]. But if we get on a treadmill, there are two things: you're getting off first or I'm going to die. It's that simple, right?

Chess is similar to boxing. You need to develop a strategy, and you need to think two or three steps ahead about what your opponent is doing. You have to be smart. But what’s the difference between chess and boxing? In chess, nobody is an expert, but everybody plays. In boxing everybody is an expert, but nobody fights.

I love the competition no matter at what age.

It's such a gift in my life to be able to compete - to have the health.

You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there are two things: You're getting off first, or I'm going to die. It's really that simple, right?

Chess is not a game, but a disease.