Anatoly Karpov Quotes

I know it's my fault I should've gave more.

Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

An artist is his own fault.

If I sold something, and it didn't perform, I'd never forgive myself.

Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults - ah! - there is the sting of life!

It was my decision, and I blew it, but I’m not about to say that I blew it.

Any time I screw up I feel bad about it.

It's one thing to get beaten by a side who are a lot better than you, it's quite another to know you've thrown victory away in a game you should have won.

It is just as painful to me when I do poorly. If the fault is all mine, that's what's painful. If it's a situation where no one could have succeeded, I don't feel as bad.

I know I have only myself to blame for all the problems I've had in my life.

The blame is on me...I knew you were trouble when you walked in.

constituted a critical lapse in judgement and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely responsable

There is no pain worse than not achieving a dream when it is your fault. If God did not want you to have it, that is one thing. But if you do not get what you desire because you are lazy, there is no pain worse than that.

I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

Losing feels worse than winning feels good.

Well, I screwed it up real good, didn't I?

I've screwed up and I've overcommitted and it's typical of me.

One of my major competitors was Harold Smith. Smith beat me in 1977. I was loafing during that competition.

I was not really as good as I should have been.

I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

If a movie is received badly, and I'm in only one scene of it, I still feel responsible. I feel like it was my fault at all times. If people were like, 'This movie sucks!' I'd be like, 'Well, that's because I'm terrible.'

There are times when you throw an interception and you're beating yourself up.

In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness.